2 Chronicles 13:3:142 Chr.13.3.W14TAB

מִלְחָמָ֔ה

milkhama

battle

Transliteration
mil-kha-MA
Extended
mihl-khah-MAA
IPA
/ʕimˈmoː/

Meaning by language

English
battle

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִלְ + חָ + מָ֔ה
mil + kha + ma
milkhama

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

Tap any letter to hear its name and sound

Vowels (Niqqud)

Now you try — trace the word:

The word

Word in context

  1. word

    mil-kha-MA

  2. clause

    ve-ya-rav-AM A-rakh im-MO mil-kha-MA bish-mo-NE me-OT E-lef ISH ba-KHUR gi-BOR KHA-yil

  3. sentence

    va-YE-ES-OR a-vi-YA et-ha-mil-kha-MA ba-kha-YIL gi-bo-RE mil-kha-MA ar-ba-me-OT E-lef ISH ba-KHUR ve-ya-rav-AM A-rakh im-MO mil-kha-MA bish-mo-NE me-OT E-lef ISH ba-KHUR gi-BOR KHA-yil

Exegesis

The phrase bechayil giborei milchamah {בְּחַיִל גִּבּוֹרֵי מִלְחָמָה | bə-ḥa-yîl gib-bō-rê mil-ḥā-māh} uses a preposition plus construct chain to denote an elite force.

The prepositional phrase immo milchamah {עִמּוֹ מִלְחָמָה | ʿim-mô mil-ḥā-māh} indicates opposition.

Root and etymology

l-ḥ-mlamed–chet–mem

to fight

In context2 Chronicles 13:3

Abijah marshaled an army of four hundred thousand chosen men for battle and drew up the battle lines ; Jeroboam likewise arranged eight hundred thousand chosen warriors against him.

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 13:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 13:3, so the Hebrew word מִלְחָמָ֔ה (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 2 Chr.13.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.3.W14.S1) and character.