1 Samuel 14:20:71 Sam.14.20.W7TAB
עַד־הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה
adhamilkhama
“up to the battle”
- Transliteration
- ad-ha-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- ahd-hah-mihl-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /ʕad.hammil.ħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- up to the battle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-ha-mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-yiz-ZA-ek sha-UL ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO va-ya-VO-u ad-ha-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-yiz-ZA-ek sha-UL ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO va-ya-VO-u ad-ha-mil-kha-MA ve-hin-NE ha-ye-TA KHE-rev ISH be-re-E-hu me-hu-MA ge-do-LA me-OD
Exegesis
Vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | vay-ya-vo-u} continues the sequence leading ‘ad ha-milchamah’ {עַד־הַמִּלְחָמָה | ʿad ha-mil-cha-mah} ‘to the battle’.
Root and etymology
Rootl-ḥ-m
“war, battle”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:20
And Saul and all the people who were with him cried out, and they came up to the battle. And behold, the sword of each man was turned against his companion , and there was very great confusion .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 14:20, so the Hebrew word עַד־הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה (adhamilkhama) 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.14.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.20.W7.S1) and character.