1 Kings 14:19:51 Kgs.14.19.W5TAB
נִלְחַ֖ם
nilkham
“he fought”
- Transliteration
- nil-KHAM
- Extended
- nihl-KHAHM
- IPA
- /nɪlˈħam/
Meaning by language
- English
- he fought
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nil-KHAM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER nil-KHAM
- clause
ve-YE-ter div-REI ya-ra-ve-AM a-SHER nil-KHAM va-a-SHER ma-LAKH
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-REI ya-ra-ve-AM a-SHER nil-KHAM va-a-SHER ma-LAKH hi-NAM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-REI ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The construct chain divrei {דִּבְרֵי | də-vrē} ‘recorded matters’ links to the proper name Yarov'am {יָרָבְעָם | yā-rā-v-’ām}, and the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} introduces two summary clauses nilcham {נִלְחַם | nil-ḥām} ‘he fought’ and malakh {מָלַךְ | mā-lakh} ‘he reigned’.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed–ḥet–mem
“bread, food”
In context — 1 Kings 14:19
And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam , how he fought and how he reigned, are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 14:19, so the Hebrew word נִלְחַ֖ם (nilkham) 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 Kgs.14.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.19.W5.S1) and character.