1 Chronicles 19:10:41 Chr.19.10.W4TAB
פְנֵי־הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה
fenehamilkhama
“the face of the battle”
- Transliteration
- fe-NE-ha-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- feh-NEE-hah-mil-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /fəˈneː.ham.mil.ħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the face of the battle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
fe-NE-ha-mil-kha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ki-ha-ye-TA fe-NE-ha-mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-YAR-e yo-AV ki-ha-ye-TA fe-NE-ha-mil-kha-MA e-LAV pa-NIM ve-a-KHOR
- sentence
va-YAR-e yo-AV ki-ha-ye-TA fe-NE-ha-mil-kha-MA e-LAV pa-NIM ve-a-KHOR va-yiv-KHAR mi-kol-ba-KHUR be-yis-ra-EL va-ya-e-ROKH lik-RA-t a-RAM
Exegesis
The subject Yoav {יוֹאָב | yō·ʼāv} perceives the tactical setup in penei-hamilchamah elav {פְנֵי־הַמִּלְחָמָה אֵלָיו | pə·nei-ham·miḥ·ḥā·māh ʼê·lāv} ‘fronts of the battle toward him’, further specified by panim {פָּנִים | pā·nîm} ‘fronts’ and ve’achor {וְאָח֑וֹר | wə·ʼā·ḥôr} ‘and rear’, indicating enemy forces on two fronts.
Root and etymology
ל־ח־ם
“to do battle, fight”
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:10
And Joab saw that the battle was set against him both in front and behind, so he chose from all the select men in Israel and arranged them to face Aram.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 19:10, so the Hebrew word פְנֵי־הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה (fenehamilkhama) 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.19.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.10.W4.S1) and character.