2 Kings 16:5:92 Kgs.16.5.W9TAB
לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה
lammilkhama
“for the war”
- Transliteration
- lam-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- lahm-mihl-khaa-MAA
- IPA
- /lam.milħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for 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
AZ ya-a-LE re-TSIN ME-lekh-a-RAM u-PE-kakh ben-re-mal-ya-HU ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL ye-ru-sha-LIM lam-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
AZ ya-a-LE re-TSIN ME-lekh-a-RAM u-PE-kakh ben-re-mal-ya-HU ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL ye-ru-sha-LIM lam-mil-kha-MA va-ya-tsu-RU al-a-KHAZ ve-LO ya-khe-LU le-hil-la-KHEM
Exegesis
The Vav consecutive imperfect ya‘aleh {יַעֲלֶה | ya‘ă-lêh} signals the ascent with purpose marked by the locative phrase yerushalayim la-milchamah {יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם לַמִּלְחָמָה | yərū-ša-layim la-mil-ḥā-māh}.
Root and etymology
“to fight, wage war”
In context — 2 Kings 16:5
Then Retsin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel went up to Jerusalem to make war , and they besieged Ahaz , but they were not able to fight him.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 16:5, so the Hebrew word לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה (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 Kgs.16.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.5.W9.S1) and character.