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

Result
לְ + הִל + לָּ + חֵ֣ם
le + hil + la + khem
lehillakhem

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-hil-la-KHEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ne-es-fe-U le-hil-la-KHEM im-yis-ra-EL

  3. 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

  4. 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 context1 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.