1 Kings 22:15:101 Kgs.22.15.W10TAB

לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה

lamilkhama

for the battle

Transliteration
la-mil-kha-MA
Extended
lah-mihl-khah-MAA
IPA
/lam.milħaːˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
for the battle

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לַ + מִּלְ + חָ + מָ֑ה
la + mil + kha + ma
lamilkhama

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
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

    la-mil-kha-MA

  2. clause

    va-ya-BO el-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh e-LA-yv mi-kha-YE-hu ha-ne-LEKH el-ra-MOT gil-AD la-mil-kha-MA

  3. sentence

    va-ya-BO el-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh e-LA-yv mi-kha-YE-hu ha-ne-LEKH el-ra-MOT gil-AD la-mil-kha-MA im-nekh-DAL va-yo-MER e-LA-yv a-LE ve-ha-ts-LAKH ve-na-TAN ye-ho-VAH be-YAD ha-ME-lekh

Exegesis

The locative ʼel-Rāmôṯ-Gilʻāḏ {אֶל־רָמֹת-גִּלְעָד | ʾel-rāmōṯ-gilʻāḏ} and the purpose lammilḥāmāh {לַמִּלְחָמָה | lammilḥāmāh} ‘to battle’ specify the conflict setting.

Root and etymology

ל־ח־ם

to fight, battle

In context1 Kings 22:15

And Micaiah came to the king, and the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-Gilead in battle, or shall we refrain?” And he answered, “Go up and succeed, and the LORD will give it into the hand of the king .”

About this coordinate

1 Kings 22:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 22:15, so the Hebrew word לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה (lamilkhama) 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.22.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.15.W10.S1) and character.