2 Kings 13:12:82 Kgs.13.12.W8TAB

נִלְחַ֔ם

nilkham

fought

Transliteration
nil-KHAM
Extended
nihl-KHAHM
IPA
/nilˈħam/

Meaning by language

English
fought

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Result
נִלְ + חַ֔ם
nil + kham
nilkham

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    nil-KHAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER nil-KHAM

  3. clause

    veh-YEH-ter div-REE yo-ASH veh-KHOL-ah-SHER a-SA oo-geh-voo-raa-TO a-SHER nil-KHAM IM a-mats-YA MEH-lekh-yeh-HOO-dah

  4. sentence

    veh-YEH-ter div-REE yo-ASH veh-KHOL-ah-SHER a-SA oo-geh-voo-raa-TO a-SHER nil-KHAM IM a-mats-YA MEH-lekh-yeh-HOO-dah ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-REE ha-ya-MIM leh-mal-KHEE yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

The repeated relative marker asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾăšer} introduces an explanatory relative clause that specifies how that “might” was displayed, namely through nilkham {נִלְחַ֔ם | nilḥam} ‘he fought’ with/against a named opponent, producing a compact résumé of military activity.

In context2 Kings 13:12

And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

About this coordinate

2 Kings 13:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 13:12, so the Hebrew word נִלְחַ֔ם (nilkham) 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 Kgs.13.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.12.W8.S1) and character.