2 Chronicles 17:13:82 Chr.17.13.W8TAB

מִלְחָמָ֛ה

milkhama

war

Transliteration
mil-kha-MA
Extended
mihl-khaa-MAA
IPA
/milħaːˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
war

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִלְ + חָ + מָ֛ה
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

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Word in context

  1. word

    mil-kha-MA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-an-SHE mil-kha-MA

  3. clause

    ve-an-SHE mil-kha-MA gi-bo-RE KHA-yil bi-ru-sha-LA-yim

  4. sentence

    u-me-la-KHA ra-BA ha-YA LO be-a-RE ye-hu-DA ve-an-SHE mil-kha-MA gi-bo-RE KHA-yil bi-ru-sha-LA-yim

Exegesis

A paratactic sequence veanshei milchamah {וְאַנְשֵׁי מִלְחָמָה | wə·ʼăn·šē mil·ḥā·māh} ‘and men of war’ and giborei chayil {גִּבּוֹרֵי חַיִל | gib·bō·rē ḥa·yil} ‘mighty ones of valor’ lists elite troops.

Root and etymology

Rootmem–lamed–chet

war, conflict

In context2 Chronicles 17:13

And he had great stores in the cities of Judah, and warriors , mighty men of valor were in Jerusalem.

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 17:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 17:13, so the Hebrew word מִלְחָמָ֛ה (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.17.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.13.W8.S1) and character.