1 Kings 20:29:101 Kgs.20.29.W10TAB
הַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה
hamilkhama
“the battle”
- Transliteration
- ha-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- hah-mihl-khaa-MAA
- IPA
- /ham.mil.ħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the battle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-tik-RAV ha-mil-kha-MA va-yak-KU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL et-a-RAM me-A-e-LEF rag-LI be-YOM e-KHAD
- sentence
va-ya-kha-NU E-le NO-khakh-E-le shiv-AT ya-MIM va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-tik-RAV ha-mil-kha-MA va-yak-KU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL et-a-RAM me-A-e-LEF rag-LI be-YOM e-KHAD
Exegesis
The subject hamilchamah {הַמִּלְחָמָה | hammilḥāmah}, “the battle,” is personified as it ‘comes near’ (wattaqrav), heightening dramatic tension.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed–ḥet–mem
“to fight”
In context — 1 Kings 20:29
And these encamped opposite one another for seven days, and it happened on the seventh day that the battle drew near, and the sons of Israel struck down Aram one hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:29:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 20:29, so the Hebrew word הַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה (hamilkhama) 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.20.29.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.29.W10.S1) and character.