1 Kings 20:25:111 Kgs.20.25.W11TAB
וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֤ה
venillakhama
“and we will fight”
- Transliteration
- ve-nil-la-kha-MA
- Extended
- veh-nihll-laah-khah-MAH
- IPA
- /wənil.laːħăˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and we will fight
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-nil-la-kha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-nil-la-kha-MA o-TAM
- clause
ve-a-TA tim-ne-LE-kha kha-YIL ka-kha-YIL ha-no-FEL me-o-TAKH ve-SUS ka-SUS ve-RE-khev ka-RE-khev ve-nil-la-kha-MA o-TAM ba-mi-SHOR im-LO ne-khe-ZAK me-HEM
- sentence
ve-a-TA tim-ne-LE-kha kha-YIL ka-kha-YIL ha-no-FEL me-o-TAKH ve-SUS ka-SUS ve-RE-khev ka-RE-khev ve-nil-la-kha-MA o-TAM ba-mi-SHOR im-LO ne-khe-ZAK me-HEM va-yish-MA le-ko-LAM va-ya-AS KEN
Exegesis
The imperfect venilchamah {וְנִלָּחֲמָה | wə-nil-la-ḥǎ-māh} ‘and we will fight’ indicates collective future action.
In context — 1 Kings 20:25
And you, count for yourself an army like the army that fell from you, horse for horse and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight them in the plain; surely we will be stronger than they are. And he listened to their voice and did so.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:25:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 20:25, so the Hebrew word וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֤ה (venillakhama) 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.20.25.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.25.W11.S1) and character.