1 Samuel 23:1:61 Sam.23.1.W6TAB
נִלְחָמִ֣ים
nilkhamim
“are fighting”
- Transliteration
- nil-kha-MIM
- Extended
- nih-lkhah-MEEM
- IPA
- /nilħaˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- are fighting
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
nil-kha-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
nil-kha-MIM bik-i-LA
- clause
hin-NE pe-lish-TIM nil-kha-MIM bik-i-LA ve-HE-ma sho-SIM et-ha-ger-NA-vot
- sentence
va-yag-GI-du le-da-VID le-MOR hin-NE pe-lish-TIM nil-kha-MIM bik-i-LA ve-HE-ma sho-SIM et-ha-ger-NA-vot
Exegesis
The participle nilchamim {נִלְחָמִים | ni-lḥa-mîm} ‘are fighting’ in the Nifal stem describes ongoing combat by pelishtim {פְלִשְׁתִּים | pə-lish-tîm} ‘Philistines’ at the locative bekeilah {בְּקֵעִילָה | bə-qēʿī-lāh} ‘at Keilah’.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed–ḥet–mem
“to fight”
In context — 1 Samuel 23:1
They informed David, saying, “Behold , the Philistines are engaged in battle against Keilah, and they are plundering the threshing floors .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 23:1, so the Hebrew word נִלְחָמִ֣ים (nilkhamim) 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.23.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.1.W6.S1) and character.