1 Samuel 17:8:101 Sam.17.8.W10TAB
מִלְחָמָ֑ה
milkhama
“battle”
- Transliteration
- mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- mihl-khaa-MAA
- IPA
- /mil.ħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- battle
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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
mil-kha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
la-a-ROKH mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-ya-a-MOD va-yik-RA el-ma-a-re-KHOT yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER la-HEM la-MA te-tse-U la-a-ROKH mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD va-yik-RA el-ma-a-re-KHOT yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER la-HEM la-MA te-tse-U la-a-ROKH mil-kha-MA ha-lo a-no-KHI ha-pe-lish-TI ve-a-TEM a-va-DIM le-sha-UL be-RU-la-KHEM ISH ve-ye-RED e-LAI
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lā‘ărōkh milḥāmah {לַעֲרֹךְ מִלְחָמָה | laʿărōḵ milḥāmah} forms a purpose clause ‘to arrange battle’.
Root and etymology
ל־ח־ם
“to wage war”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:8
He stood and summoned Israel’s ranks and addressed them, “Why have you come out to arrange battle ? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants of Saul ? Select one man from among you and let him come down to confront me.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 17:8, so the Hebrew word מִלְחָמָ֑ה (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.17.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.8.W10.S1) and character.