2 Chronicles 13:12:122 Chr.13.12.W12TAB
אַל־תִּלָּחֲמ֣וּ
altillakhamu
“do not fight”
- Transliteration
- al-til-la-kha-MU
- Extended
- ahl-til-lah-khah-MOO
- IPA
- /ʔal.til.laː.ħăˈmuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not fight
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-til-la-kha-MU
- phraseyour reading level
al-til-la-kha-MU im-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
be-NE yis-ra-EL al-til-la-kha-MU im-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-a-vo-te-KHEM ki-LO tats-li-KHU
- sentence
ve-hi-NE i-MA-nu ba-ROSH ha-e-lo-HIM ve-kho-ha-NAV va-kha-tso-tse-ROT ham-me-ru-A le-ha-RI-a a-le-KHEM be-NE yis-ra-EL al-til-la-kha-MU im-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-a-vo-te-KHEM ki-LO tats-li-KHU
Exegesis
The prohibition al-tilachamu {אַל־תִּלָּחֲמוּ | ʾal-til-lā-ḥă-mû} carries immediate force; although the verb governs im-YHWH {עִם־יְהוָה | ʿim-yə-hō-wāh} ‘with the LORD’, in this conflict setting the preposition marks hostile engagement and is naturally rendered “against.”
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:12
And look, the God is with us at the head, with His priests and the trumpets of the alarm shout to sound an alarm against you. Sons of Israel, do not fight against the LORD , the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 13:12, so the Hebrew word אַל־תִּלָּחֲמ֣וּ (altillakhamu) 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 2 Chr.13.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.12.W12.S1) and character.