2 Samuel 18:6:72 Sam.18.6.W7TAB
הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה
hammilkhama
“the battle”
- Transliteration
- ham-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- hahm-mihl-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /ham.mil.ħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the battle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
ham-mil-kha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
vat-te-HI ham-mil-kha-MA
- clause
vat-te-HI ham-mil-kha-MA bay-AR ef-ra-YIM
- sentence
va-ye-TSAY ha-AM ha-sa-DE lik-re-AT yis-ra-EL vat-te-HI ham-mil-kha-MA bay-AR ef-ra-YIM
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive imperfect vatehi {וַתְּהִי | wəṯ-ḥî} ‘and it was’ introduces a result clause with ham-milchamah {הַמִּלְחָמָה | ham-milḥā-māh} ‘the battle’ as subject.
Root and etymology
l-ch-mlamed–chet–mem
“to fight”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:6
And the people marched out into the field to confront Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 18:6, so the Hebrew word הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (hammilkhama) 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 Sam.18.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.6.W7.S1) and character.