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
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mil-kha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-an-SHE mil-kha-MA
- clause
ve-an-SHE mil-kha-MA gi-bo-RE KHA-yil bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- 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 context — 2 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.