1 Samuel 15:18:91 Sam.15.18.W9TAB
וְנִלְחַמְתָּ֣
venilkhama
“fight”
- Transliteration
- ve-nil-kha-MA
- Extended
- veh-nihl-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /və.niɫ.ħaˈmtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- fight
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-nil-kha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-nil-kha-MA VO
- clause
va-yo-MER LEKH ve-ha-kha-ram-TA et-ha-kha-ta-IM et-a-ma-LEK ve-nil-kha-MA VO AD ka-lo-TAHM o-TAM
- sentence
va-yish-la-kha-KHA ye-ho-VAH be-DA-rekh va-yo-MER LEKH ve-ha-kha-ram-TA et-ha-kha-ta-IM et-a-ma-LEK ve-nil-kha-MA VO AD ka-lo-TAHM o-TAM
Exegesis
The sequence continues with wə-nil-ḥam-tā {וְנִלְחַמְתָּ֣ | and you shall fight} with bō {בּוֹ | against him}, designating Amalek as a collective enemy.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:18
And the LORD sent you on a journey and said, “Go and utterly devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight them until you have completely finished them.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 15:18, so the Hebrew word וְנִלְחַמְתָּ֣ (venilkhama) 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.15.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.18.W9.S1) and character.