1 Chronicles 20:5:81 Chr.20.5.W8TAB
אֶת־לַחְמִי֙
etlakhmi
“{direct object marker}-Lahmi”
- Transliteration
- et-lakh-MI
- Extended
- eht-lahkh-MEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.laħˈmiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object marker}-Lahmi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
et-lakh-MI
- clause
va-YAKH el-kha-NAN ben-ya-OR ya-IR et-lakh-MI a-KHI gal-YAT ha-git-TI ve-ETS kha-NI-to kim-NOR or-GIM
- sentence
vat-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA et-pe-lish-TIM va-YAKH el-kha-NAN ben-ya-OR ya-IR et-lakh-MI a-KHI gal-YAT ha-git-TI ve-ETS kha-NI-to kim-NOR or-GIM
Exegesis
The simple nominal clause milchamah {מִלְחָמָה | mil-ḥā-mā} ‘battle’ takes Philistines as a direct object with et {אֶת | ʾet}.
In context — 1 Chronicles 20:5
And again, there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Yair struck Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite , and the shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 20:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 20:5, so the Hebrew word אֶת־לַחְמִי֙ (etlakhmi) 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.20.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.5.W8.S1) and character.