1 Samuel 17:32:91 Sam.17.32.W9TAB
וְנִלְחַ֖ם
venilkham
“and will fight”
- Transliteration
- ve-nil-KHAM
- Extended
- veh-nih l-KHAHM
- IPA
- /vənilˈħam/
Meaning by language
- English
- and will 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-nil-KHAM
- clause
av-de-KHA ye-LEKH ve-nil-KHAM im-ha-pe-lish-TI ha-ZE
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-sha-UL al-yip-POL lev-a-DAM a-LAV av-de-KHA ye-LEKH ve-nil-KHAM im-ha-pe-lish-TI ha-ZE
Exegesis
The speaker’s self-designation ʿabdēḵā {עַבְדְּךָ | ʿabdēḵā} ‘your servant’ serves as the subject of the vav-consecutive imperfects yēlēkh {יֵלֵךְ | yēlēkh} ‘will go’ and wə-nilḥām {וְנִלְחַם | wə-nilḥām} ‘and will fight.’
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-m
“bread, food”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:32
David said to Saul, “Let no one’s heart falter because of him; your servant will go and fight this Philistine .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:32:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 17:32, so the Hebrew word וְנִלְחַ֖ם (venilkham) 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.17.32.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.32.W9.S1) and character.