2 Samuel 18:8:22 Sam.18.8.W2TAB
הַמִּלְחָמָ֜ה
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-SHAM ham-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
vat-te-HI-SHAM ham-mil-kha-MA ne-fu-TSAT na-FO-tset al-pe-NE KAL-ha-A-rets va-ye-REV hay-YA-ar le-e-KHOL ba-AM me-a-SHER a-khe-LA ha-KHE-rev bay-YOM ha-HU
Root and etymology
lamed–chet–mem
“to fight, wage war”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:8
And the battle was scattered there and dispersed across the face of the whole land, and the forest consumed more people than the sword did on that day.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 18:8, so the Hebrew word הַמִּלְחָמָ֜ה (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.18.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.8.W2.S1) and character.