2 Chronicles 32:2:62 Chr.32.2.W6TAB
לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה
lammilkhama
“for the battle”
- Transliteration
- lam-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- lahm-mihl-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /lam.mil.ħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the battle
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
u-fa-NAV lam-mil-kha-MA al-ye-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
va-YAR ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ki-VA san-khe-RIV u-fa-NAV lam-mil-kha-MA al-ye-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
The idiom ufanav la-milchamah {וּפָנָ֕יו לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה | ūpānāw lammilḥāmāh} ‘his face toward the war’ conveys determined intent.
Root and etymology
l-ch-mlamed–chet–mem
“to fight, battle”
In context — 2 Chronicles 32:2
And Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that his face was set for war against Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 32:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 32:2, so the Hebrew word לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (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.32.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.32.2.W6.S1) and character.