2 Chronicles 18:29:152 Chr.18.29.W15TAB
בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃
bamilkhama
“into the battle”
- Transliteration
- ba-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- bah-mihl-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /bam.mil.ħɑːˈmɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the battle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ba-mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-yit-kha-PES ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-ya-VO-u ba-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-YO-mer ME-lekh yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT hit-kha-PES va-VO va-mil-kha-MA ve-a-TA le-VASH be-ga-DE-kha va-yit-kha-PES ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-ya-VO-u ba-mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive vavo {וָב֣וֹא | wāvā’} ‘and he entered’ with bamilchamah {בַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה | bammilḥāmāh} ‘into the battle’ links self-disguise to combat.
Root and etymology
Rootl-ḥ-m
“battle”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:29
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and enter the battle , but you wear your garments .” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into the battle.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:29:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Chronicles 18:29, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ (bamilkhama) 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.18.29.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.29.W15.S1) and character.