בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

   ba-mil-kha-MA

   in the battle or in the war
2. clause🔊 וַיָּבֹא֙ הַמַּעְגָּ֔לָה וְהַחַ֗יִל הַיֹּצֵא֙ אֶל־הַמַּ֣עֲרָכָ֔ה וְהֵרֵ֖עוּ בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

   va-ya-VO ha-ma-e-ga-LA ve-ha-KHA-yil ha-yo-TSE el-ha-ma-a-ra-KHA ve-he-RE-u ba-mil-kha-MA

   and he came the encampment or the camp-circle and the force or the army the one going out to the battle line or array and they shouted in the battle or in the war
3. sentence🔊 וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם דָּוִ֜ד בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַיִּטֹּ֤שׁ אֶת־הַצֹּאן֙ עַל־שֹׁמֵ֔ר וַיִּשָּׂ֣א וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֖הוּ יִשָׁ֑י וַיָּבֹא֙ הַמַּעְגָּ֔לָה וְהַחַ֗יִל הַיֹּצֵא֙ אֶל־הַמַּ֣עֲרָכָ֔ה וְהֵרֵ֖עוּ בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

   va-yash-KEM da-VID ba-BO-ker va-yit-TOSH ET-ha-TSON al-sho-MER va-yis-SA va-ye-LEKH ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu yi-SHAI va-ya-VO ha-ma-e-ga-LA ve-ha-KHA-yil ha-yo-TSE el-ha-ma-a-ra-KHA ve-he-RE-u ba-mil-kha-MA

   and he rose early David in the morning and he left {direct object} the flock with a keeper or guard and he carried or took up and he went as, just as, or according as he commanded him Jesse and he came the encampment or the camp-circle and the force or the army the one going out to the battle line or array and they shouted in the battle or in the war

Exegesis

The coordinated phrase hamma’agalah vehachayil hayotze {הַמַּעְגָּלָה וְהַחַיִל הַיֹּצֵא | ham-maʿ-ɡā-lāh wə-ha-ḥa-yîl ha-yō-ṣēʾ} sets the scene of the camp and the army’s movement, and the Hifil perfect vehereu {וְהֵרֵעוּ | we-hê-rê-ʿû} conveys the onset of the army’s shout in bamilchamah {בַּמִּלְחָמָה | ba-mil-ḥā-māh}, situating the action in battle. English past-tense narrative mirrors these temporal and causal relationships.

Root and etymology

“war”

• 🔊 לֶחֶםlēḥembread; that which is fought overExodus 14:14