1 Chronicles 20:6:21 Chr.20.6.W2TAB

מִלְחָמָ֖ה

milkhama

war

Transliteration
mil-kha-MA
Extended
mih-lhah-khah-MAA
IPA
/mil.ħaːˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
war

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִלְ + חָ + מָ֖ה
mil + kha + ma
milkhama

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    mil-kha-MA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA

  3. clause

    va-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA be-GAT

  4. sentence

    va-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA be-GAT va-ye-HI ISH mid-DA ve-ets-be-o-TAI-v SHESH-va-SHESH e-se-RIM ve-ar-BA ve-GAM-HU no-LAD le-ha-ra-FA

Exegesis

The noun milchamah {מִלְחָמָה | mil·ḥā·māh} “battle” sets a martial scene, and the locative beGat {בְּגַת | bə·Gaṯ} “in Gath” specifies the setting.

Root and etymology

l-ch-mlamed–chet–mem

to fight

In context1 Chronicles 20:6

And there was again battle in Gath, and there was a man of great stature whose fingers were six on each hand and whose toes were six on each foot, twenty and four in total; and he also was born to Rapha .

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 20:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 20:6, 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.20.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.6.W2.S1) and character.