1 Samuel 14:22:121 Sam.14.22.W12TAB
בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃
bamilkhama
“in the battle”
- Transliteration
- ba-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- bah-mihl-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /bam.mil.ħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the battle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ba-mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-yad-be-KU gam-HE-ma a-kha-re-HEM ba-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
ve-KHOL ISH yis-ra-EL ha-mit-kha-be-IM be-HAR-e-fra-YIM sha-me-U ki-na-SU pe-lish-TIM va-yad-be-KU gam-HE-ma a-kha-re-HEM ba-mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The adjunct gam-hemmah {גַּם־הֵמָּה | gam-heh-māh} ‘also they’ includes the hiding men, with achareihem {אַחֲרֵיהֶם | ’a-ḥa-rē-hēm} marking the pursued, and ba-milchamah {בַּמִּלְחָמָה | ba-mil-ḥā-māh} situating the action in battle. This sequence emphasizes cause and effect between hearing and collective pursuit.
Root and etymology
Rootl-ḥ-m
“war, battle”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:22
All the men of Israel who had been hiding themselves in the hill-country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, and they too pursued closely after them in the battle .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:22:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 14:22, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ (bamilkhama) 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.14.22.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.22.W12.S1) and character.