1 Samuel 14:23:61 Sam.14.23.W6TAB
וְהַ֨מִּלְחָמָ֔ה
vehamilkhama
“and the battle”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- veh-hah-mihl-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /vəhammil.ħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the battle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-ha-mil-kha-MA
- clause
ve-ha-mil-kha-MA a-ve-RA et-BET A-ven
- sentence
va-yo-SHA ye-ho-VAH ba-YOM ha-HU et-yis-ra-EL ve-ha-mil-kha-MA a-ve-RA et-BET A-ven
Exegesis
The second clause, linked by vehamilchamah {וְהַמִּלְחָמָה | wə-ha-mil-ḥā-māh} ‘and the battle’, employs the Qal perfect verb avrah {עָבְרָה | ʿā-vrə-hā} ‘crossed over’ with the construct chain beit aven {בֵּית אָוֶן | bêṯ ʾā-wên} ‘Beth Aven’ as a place-name. This coordination creates a cause–result sequence, emphasizing that divine salvation precipitated the battlefield’s relocation. The English translation preserves the Hebrew two-clause structure and construct phrase to maintain temporal and causal relationships with narrative immediacy.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed–chet–mem
“to wage war”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:23
And the LORD saved Israel on that day, and the battle passed over Beth Aven .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 14:23, so the Hebrew word וְהַ֨מִּלְחָמָ֔ה (vehamilkhama) 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.14.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.23.W6.S1) and character.