2 Kings 13:25:142 Kgs.13.25.W14TAB
בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה
bamilkhama
“in the war”
- Transliteration
- ba-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- bah-mil-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /bam.milħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the war
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-ya-SHAV ye-ho-AASH ben-ye-ho-a-KHAZ va-yik-KAKH et-he-a-RIM mi-YAD ben-ha-DAHD ben-kha-za-EL a-SHER lah-KAKH mi-YAD ye-ho-a-KHAZ a-VIV ba-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV ye-ho-AASH ben-ye-ho-a-KHAZ va-yik-KAKH et-he-a-RIM mi-YAD ben-ha-DAHD ben-kha-za-EL a-SHER lah-KAKH mi-YAD ye-ho-a-KHAZ a-VIV ba-mil-kha-MA sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM hi-KA-hu yo-AASH va-ya-SHEV et-a-RE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The temporal phrase ba-milchamah {בַּמִּלְחָמָה | bammilḥāmāh} establishes the context of war, followed by shalosh peamim hikahu {שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים הִכָּהוּ | šālōš pə‘āmîm hikkāhû}, a numerical expression of threefold victory.
Root and etymology
lamed–het–meml–ḥ–m
“battle”
In context — 2 Kings 13:25
And Jehoash restored and took the cities from the hand of Ben-Hadad son of Hazael, which he had taken from the hand of his father Jehoahaz in the war. Three times Joash struck him, and he restored the cities of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:25:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 13:25, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה (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 Kgs.13.25.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.25.W14.S1) and character.