1 Samuel 17:47:111 Sam.17.47.W11TAB
הַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה
hamilkhama
“the battle”
- Transliteration
- ha-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- hah-mihl-khah-MAH
- IPA
- /ham.milħɔːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the battle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
ha-mil-kha-MA
- clause
KI la-ye-ho-VAH ha-mil-kha-MA ve-na-TAN et-KHEM be-ya-DE-nu
- sentence
ve-ye-DE-u kol-ha-ka-HAL ha-ZEH ki-LO be-KHE-rev u-va-kha-NIT ye-ho-SHI-a ye-ho-VAH KI la-ye-ho-VAH ha-mil-kha-MA ve-na-TAN et-KHEM be-ya-DE-nu
Exegesis
The prepositional construct laYHWH hamilchamah {לַֽיהוָה֙ הַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה | la-Yə-hō-wāh ha-mil-ḥā-māh} ‘for the battle belongs to the LORD’ asserts cosmic authority.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed–ḥet–mem
“to fight”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:47
And all this company will know that the LORD does not save by sword or by spear; for the battle belongs to the LORD and He will hand you over into our hand.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:47:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 17:47, so the Hebrew word הַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה (hamilkhama) 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.17.47.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.47.W11.S1) and character.