1 Chronicles 19:17:151 Chr.19.17.W15TAB
מִלְחָמָ֔ה
milkhama
“battle or war”
- Transliteration
- mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- mihl-khaa-MAA
- IPA
- /mil.ħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- battle or war
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-ya-a-ROKH da-VID lik-RAT a-RAM mil-kha-MA va-yil-la-kha-MU IM-mo
- sentence
va-yug-GAD le-da-VID va-ye-e-SOF ET-kol-yis-ra-EL va-ya-a-VOR ha-yar-DEN va-ya-VO a-le-HEM va-ya-a-ROKH a-le-HEM va-ya-a-ROKH da-VID lik-RAT a-RAM mil-kha-MA va-yil-la-kha-MU IM-mo
Exegesis
The infinitive construct li-qrāṯ {לִקְרַ֤את | li-q-rāṯ} ‘to meet’ introduces purpose, while mil-ḥā-māh {מִלְחָמָ֔ה | mil-ḥā-māh} ‘battle’ names the armed conflict.
Root and etymology
ל־ח־ם
“to fight, battle”
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:17
And it was told to David, and he gathered all Israel and crossed the Jordan, and he came to them and arranged against them. David then arranged to meet Aram for battle, and they fought with him.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:17:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Chronicles 19:17, so the Hebrew word מִלְחָמָ֔ה (milkhama) 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.19.17.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.17.W15.S1) and character.