1 Samuel 13:5:31 Sam.13.5.W3TAB
לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם
lehillakhem
“to fight”
- Transliteration
- le-hil-la-KHEM
- Extended
- leh-hihl-lah-KHEEM
- IPA
- /ləhillaˈħeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to fight
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-hil-la-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
ne-es-fe-U le-hil-la-KHEM im-yis-ra-EL
- clause
u-fe-lish-TIM ne-es-fe-U le-hil-la-KHEM im-yis-ra-EL she-lo-SHIM E-lef RE-khev ve-SHE-shet a-la-FIM pa-ra-SHIM ve-AM ka-KHOL a-SHER al-se-FAT-ha-YAM la-ROV
- sentence
u-fe-lish-TIM ne-es-fe-U le-hil-la-KHEM im-yis-ra-EL she-lo-SHIM E-lef RE-khev ve-SHE-shet a-la-FIM pa-ra-SHIM ve-AM ka-KHOL a-SHER al-se-FAT-ha-YAM la-ROV va-ya-a-LU va-ya-kha-NU be-mikh-MAS kid-MAT BET A-ven
Exegesis
Purpose is marked by the infinitive lehillakhem {לְהִלָּחֵם | lə-hil-lā-ḥēm} ‘to fight’.
In context — 1 Samuel 13:5
And the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, with thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and a host as numerous as the sand along the shore of the sea. They advanced and encamped at Michmash, to the east of Beth Aven .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 13:5, so the Hebrew word לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם (lehillakhem) 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 Sam.13.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.5.W3.S1) and character.