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
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
la-mil-kha-MA
- 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
- 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 context — 1 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.