1 Chronicles 18:3:51 Chr.18.3.W5TAB
חֲמָ֑תָה
khamata
“to Hamath or toward Hamath”
- Transliteration
- kha-ma-TA
- Extended
- khah-maa-TAA
- IPA
- /ħămaːˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Hamath or toward Hamath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kha-ma-TA
- clause
va-YAKH da-VID ET-ha-dad-e-ZER ME-lekh-tso-VA kha-ma-TA
- sentence
va-YAKH da-VID ET-ha-dad-e-ZER ME-lekh-tso-VA kha-ma-TA be-lekh-TO le-ha-TSIV ya-DO bin-HAR-pe-RAT
Exegesis
The locative suffix in khamatah {חֲמָתָה | Ḥămathāh} specifies the battlefield at Hamath.
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:3
And David struck Hadadezer, king of Zobah, at Hamath , as he went to establish his hand in the Euphrates River.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 18:3, so the Hebrew word חֲמָ֑תָה (khamata) 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.18.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.3.W5.S1) and character.