1 Samuel 17:2:81 Sam.17.2.W8TAB
מִלְחָמָ֖ה
milkhama
“battle line”
- Transliteration
- mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- mih l-khaa-MAA
- IPA
- /mil.ħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- battle line
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
mil-kha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-ar-KHU mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-ya-ar-KHU mil-kha-MA lik-ra-AT pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
ve-sha-UL ve-ISH-yis-ra-EL ne-es-FU va-ya-kha-NU be-E-mek ha-E-la va-ya-ar-KHU mil-kha-MA lik-ra-AT pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The sequence continues with vayyaʿarkhu {וַיַּעַרְכ֥וּ | way-yaʿăr-kû} ‘and they arranged’, introducing milḥāmâ {מִלְחָמָ֖ה | mil-ḥā-māh} ‘battle’ as the direct object.
Root and etymology
ל־ח־םl–ḥ–m
“war”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:2
Saul and the men of Israel gathered and camped in the Valley of Elah , and they arranged their battle lines to meet the Philistines.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 17:2, so the Hebrew word מִלְחָמָ֖ה (milkhama) 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.17.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.2.W8.S1) and character.