2 Kings 19:8:62 Kgs.19.8.W6TAB
נִלְחָ֖ם
nilkham
“fighting”
- Transliteration
- nil-KHAM
- Extended
- nihl-KHAAM
- IPA
- /nilˈħaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- fighting
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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 Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nil-KHAM
- clause
va-ya-SHAV rav-sha-KE va-yim-TSA et-ME-lekh a-SHUR nil-KHAM al-liv-NA
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV rav-sha-KE va-yim-TSA et-ME-lekh a-SHUR nil-KHAM al-liv-NA KI sha-MA KI na-SA mil-la-KHISH
Exegesis
Nilkham {נִלְחָם | nil-ḥā́m} ‘fighting’ acts as a circumstantial participle with al {עַל | ʿal} and its object livnah {לִבְנָה | liv-nā́} ‘Libnah’, specifying the battle location.
In context — 2 Kings 19:8
And the chief cupbearer returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 19:8, so the Hebrew word נִלְחָ֖ם (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.19.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.8.W6.S1) and character.