1 Samuel 17:1:41 Sam.17.1.W4TAB
לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה
lammilkhama
“for the battle”
- Transliteration
- lam-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- lahm-mihl-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /lam.milħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the battle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
lam-mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-ya-as-FU pe-lish-TIM et-ma-kha-ne-HEM lam-mil-kha-MA va-ye-as-FU so-KHO a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-ya-as-FU pe-lish-TIM et-ma-kha-ne-HEM lam-mil-kha-MA va-ye-as-FU so-KHO a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA va-ya-kha-NU BEN-so-KHO u-VEN-a-ze-KA be-E-fes da-MIM
Exegesis
The prepositional purpose clause la-milchamah {לַמִּלְחָמָה | la-miḥāmāh} clarifies the campaign’s aim, and the relative clause asher lihudah {אֲשֶׁר לִיהוּדָה | ʾāšer liḥūdāh} locates Socoh within Judah.
Root and etymology
“war”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:1
The Philistines gathered their camps for battle ; they assembled at Socoh in Judah and set up camp between Socoh and Azekah at Efes Dammim.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 17:1, so the Hebrew word לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה (lammilkhama) 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.17.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.1.W4.S1) and character.