1 Chronicles 18:10:91 Chr.18.10.W9TAB
נִלְחַ֤ם
nilkham
“he fought”
- Transliteration
- nil-KHAM
- Extended
- nih-l-KHAHM
- IPA
- /nilˈħam/
Meaning by language
- English
- he fought
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nil-KHAM
- phraseyour reading level
AL a-SHER nil-KHAM ba-ha-dad-E-zer
- clause
va-yish-LAKH et-ha-do-RAM-be-NO el-ha-ME-lekh-da-VID li-shol-lish-OL-LO le-sha-LOM u-le-va-ra-KHO AL a-SHER nil-KHAM ba-ha-dad-E-zer va-yak-KE-HU ki-ISH mil-kha-MOT TO-U ha-YA ha-dad-A-zer
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH et-ha-do-RAM-be-NO el-ha-ME-lekh-da-VID li-shol-lish-OL-LO le-sha-LOM u-le-va-ra-KHO AL a-SHER nil-KHAM ba-ha-dad-E-zer va-yak-KE-HU ki-ISH mil-kha-MOT TO-U ha-YA ha-dad-A-zer ve-KHOL ke-LE za-HAV va-KHE-sef u-ne-KHO-shet
Exegesis
The motivation is framed by ʿal {עַל֩ | ʿal} ‘because of’ introducing the relative clause asher nilcham...vayyakkehu {אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִלְחַ֤ם...וַיַּכֵּ֔הוּ | ʾăšer nilḥam...wayyakkehû} ‘that he fought...and struck him,’ summarizing David’s successful campaign.
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:10
And he sent Hadoram his son to King David to ask him for peace and to bless him because he had fought with Hadadezer and struck him, for Hadadezer had been a man of wars with Tou , and all vessels of gold, silver, and bronze.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Chronicles 18:10, so the Hebrew word נִלְחַ֤ם (nilkham) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.18.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.10.W9.S1) and character.