1 Kings 15:7:131 Kgs.15.7.W13TAB
וּמִלְחָמָ֥ה
umilkhama
“and war”
- Transliteration
- u-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- oo-mihl-khaa-MAA
- IPA
- /uːmilħaːˈmɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and war
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
u-mil-kha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
u-mil-kha-MA ha-ye-TA
- clause
u-mil-kha-MA ha-ye-TA BEN a-vi-YAM u-VEN ya-rav-AM
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE a-vi-YAM ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA u-mil-kha-MA ha-ye-TA BEN a-vi-YAM u-VEN ya-rav-AM
Exegesis
In the coordinated clause u-milchamah hayetah bein Aviyam u-bein Yarovam {וּמִלְחָמָ֥ה הָיְתָ֛ה בֵּ֥ן אֲבִיָּ֖ם וּבֵ֥ן יָרָבְעָֽם | u-mil-ḥā-māh hā-yə-tāh bēn ʾă-vi-yām u-bēn yā-rā-ḇō-ʿām} ‘and war was between Abijam and Jeroboam’, the verb hayetah conveys existence and the parallel prepositions bein and u-bein bracket the two parties, highlighting bilateral conflict.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed–chet–mem
“to fight; battle”
In context — 1 Kings 15:7
As for the remaining words of Abijam and everything he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? War also took place between Abijam and Jeroboam.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:7:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 15:7, so the Hebrew word וּמִלְחָמָ֥ה (umilkhama) 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.15.7.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.7.W13.S1) and character.