2 Chronicles 22:5:92 Chr.22.5.W9TAB
לַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה
lammilkhama
“to the war”
- Transliteration
- lam-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- lahm-mihl-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /lam.mil.ħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the war
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
lam-mil-kha-MA
- clause
GAM ba-a-tsa-TAM ha-LAKH va-ye-LEKH et-ye-ho-RAM ben-a-KHAV ME-lekh yis-ra-EL lam-mil-kha-MA al-kha-za-EL ME-lekh-a-RAM be-ra-MOT gil-AD
- sentence
GAM ba-a-tsa-TAM ha-LAKH va-ye-LEKH et-ye-ho-RAM ben-a-KHAV ME-lekh yis-ra-EL lam-mil-kha-MA al-kha-za-EL ME-lekh-a-RAM be-ra-MOT gil-AD va-yak-KU ha-ram-MIM et-yo-RAM
Exegesis
The purpose phrase lammilchamah {לַמִּלְחָמָה | lammilḥāmāh} ‘to the war’ is complemented by al-chazael {עַל־חֲזָאֵל | ʿal-ḥăzāʾēl} ‘against Hazael,’ specifying the opponent, while the location beramot gilad {בְּרָמוֹת גִּלְעָד | bərāmôṯ gilʿāḏ} fixes the encounter at a contested frontier site.
Root and etymology
consonantsLamed–Chet–Mem
“to fight”
In context — 2 Chronicles 22:5
He also walked in their counsel and went with Jehoram son of Ahab, king of Israel, to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead; and the Arameans struck Joram.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 22:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Chronicles 22:5, so the Hebrew word לַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה (lammilkhama) 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.22.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.22.5.W9.S1) and character.