2 Chronicles 17:10:112 Chr.17.10.W11TAB
נִלְחֲמ֖וּ
nilkhamu
“they fought”
- Transliteration
- nil-kha-MU
- Extended
- nihl-khah-MOO
- IPA
- /nil.ħaˈmuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they fought
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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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
nil-kha-MU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO nil-kha-MU
- clause
ve-LO nil-kha-MU im-ye-ho-sha-FAT
- sentence
va-ye-HI PA-khad Ye-ho-VAH AL kal-mam-le-KHOT ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER se-vi-VOT ye-hu-DA ve-LO nil-kha-MU im-ye-ho-sha-FAT
Exegesis
The conjunction velo {וְלֹא | wə·lōʾ} ‘and not’ with the Niphal nilchamu {נִלְחֲמ֖וּ | nil·ḥa·mū} ‘they fought’ forms a negative result clause, while im-yehoshaphat {עִם־יְהוֹשָׁפָט | ʿim-yĕ·hō·šā·p̄āṯ} ‘with Jehoshaphat’ specifies the party spared from conflict. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew emphasis on divine initiative followed by its effect on the surrounding kingdoms.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–chet–mem
“to fight”
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:10
And the terror of the LORD was upon all the kingdoms of the lands that surrounded Judah, and they did not fight with Jehoshaphat.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Chronicles 17:10, so the Hebrew word נִלְחֲמ֖וּ (nilkhamu) 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.17.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.10.W11.S1) and character.