1 Samuel 17:10:111 Sam.17.10.W11TAB
וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֖ה
venillakhama
“and let us fight”
- Transliteration
- ve-nil-la-kha-MA
- Extended
- veh-nihl-lah-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /vəni l.lɑː.ħăˈmɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and let us 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-nil-la-kha-MA
- clause
te-NU-LI ISH ve-nil-la-kha-MA YA-khad
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-pe-lish-TI a-NI khe-raf-TI ET-ma-ar-KHOT yis-ra-EL ha-YOM ha-ZE te-NU-LI ISH ve-nil-la-kha-MA YA-khad
Exegesis
The imperative tənû-lî ʾîš {תְּנוּ־לִ֣י אִישׁ | tənû-lî ʾîš} issues a direct challenge, and the cohortative nifal wənillāḥămah yāḥaḏ {וְנִלָּחֲמָה יָֽחַד | wənillāḥămah yāḥaḏ} proposes single combat. The sequence builds tension toward a head-to-head confrontation.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:10
And the Philistine said, “I have defied the battle lines of Israel this day. Give me a man, and let us fight together .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 17:10, so the Hebrew word וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֖ה (venillakhama) 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.17.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.10.W11.S1) and character.