1 Chronicles 19:9:51 Chr.19.9.W5TAB
מִלְחָמָ֖ה
milkhama
“battle”
- Transliteration
- mil-kha-ma
- Extended
- meel-khaa-MAA
- IPA
- /mil.ħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- battle
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-re-khu mil-kha-ma
- clause
va-ye-tsu be-NE a-MON va-ya-a-re-khu mil-kha-ma PE-takh ha-IR
- sentence
va-ye-tsu be-NE a-MON va-ya-a-re-khu mil-kha-ma PE-takh ha-IR ve-ham-me-la-KHIM a-sher-BA-u le-vad-DAM ba-sa-DE
Exegesis
The construct bənê ʿammôn {בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן | bənê ʿammôn} ‘sons of Ammon’ functions as the subject, which is then qualified by the military verb wayyaʿarēḵû and its object milḥāmâ {מִלְחָמָה | milḥāmâ} ‘battle’.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mLamed–Chet–Mem
“to fight, wage war”
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:9
The sons of Ammon went out and drew up for battle at the entrance of the city, and the kings who had come stood by themselves in the field.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 19:9, so the Hebrew word מִלְחָמָ֖ה (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.19.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.9.W5.S1) and character.