2 Kings 18:20:52 Kgs.18.20.W5TAB
לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה
lamilkhama
“for the war”
- Transliteration
- la-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- lah-mihl-khah-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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Word in context
- word
la-mil-kha-MA
- clause
a-MAR-ta akh-de-VAR-se-fa-TA-yim E-tsa u-ge-vu-RA la-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
a-MAR-ta akh-de-VAR-se-fa-TA-yim E-tsa u-ge-vu-RA la-mil-kha-MA a-TA al-MI va-TAKH-ta KI ma-RAD-ta BI
Exegesis
The paired nouns etsah u-gevurah {עֵצָה וּגְבוּרָה | ʿêṣāh u-gevōrāh} ‘counsel and strength’ are linked by vav and specified as intended la-milchamah {לַמִּלְחָמָה | la-milḥāmāh} ‘for the war’.
In context — 2 Kings 18:20
You have said, “It is only words of the lips —counsel and strength for war.” Now upon whom have you trusted that you have rebelled against me?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 18:20, so the Hebrew word לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה (lamilkhama) 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.18.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.20.W5.S1) and character.