1 Samuel 17:33:151 Sam.17.33.W15TAB
מִלְחָמָ֖ה
milkhama
“of war”
- Transliteration
- mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- mihl-khaa-MAA
- IPA
- /milħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of war
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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Word in context
- word
mil-kha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ISH mil-kha-MA
- clause
ki-NA-ar a-TA ve-HU ISH mil-kha-MA min-ne-u-RAIV
- sentence
va-yo-MER sha-UL el-da-VID LO tu-KHAL la-LE-khet el-ha-pe-lish-TI ha-ZE le-hil-la-KHEM im-MO ki-NA-ar a-TA ve-HU ISH mil-kha-MA min-ne-u-RAIV
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי־ | kî} introduces an explanatory rationale, juxtaposing na'ar {נַעַר | na-‘ar} ‘youth’ with the phrase ish milchamah {אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה | ’îš mil-ḥā-māh} ‘man of war’.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed–chet–mem
“war, conflict”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:33
And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go to this Philistine to fight him, for you are a youth , and he has been a man of war from his youth.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:33:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Samuel 17:33, 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.17.33.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.33.W15.S1) and character.