1 Samuel 17:13:71 Sam.17.13.W7TAB
לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה
lamilkhama
“to the battle”
- Transliteration
- la-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- lah-mihl-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /lam.milħɔːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to 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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Word in context
- word
la-mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-YE-le-khu she-LO-shet be-NEI-yi-shai ha-ge-do-LIM hal-KHU a-kha-REI-sha-ul la-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-YE-le-khu she-LO-shet be-NEI-yi-shai ha-ge-do-LIM hal-KHU a-kha-REI-sha-ul la-mil-kha-MA ve-SHEM she-LO-shet ba-NAV a-SHER hal-KHU ba-mil-kha-MA e-li-AV ha-be-KHOR u-mish-NE-hu a-vi-na-DAV ve-ha-she-li-SHI sha-MA
Exegesis
The phrase acharei-Shaul la-milchamah {אַחֲרֵי־שָׁאוּל לַמִּלְחָמָה | ʾăḥǎrê šā’ûl la·mil·ḥā·māh} forms a purpose clause ‘to follow Saul into the war.’
Root and etymology
Rootmem–lamed–chet
“battle, war”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:13
The three oldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the war ; the sons who went were Eliab the firstborn , Abinadab the second, and Shammah the third.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 17:13, so the Hebrew word לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה (lamilkhama) 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.17.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.13.W7.S1) and character.