2 Samuel 19:3:122 Sam.19.3.W12TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:4
בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃
bamilkhama
“in the battle”
- Transliteration
- ba-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- bah-mil-khah-MAH
- IPA
- /bam.mil.ħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the battle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ba-mil-kha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
be-nu-SAM ba-mil-kha-MA
- clause
la-VO ha-IR ka-a-SHER yit-ga-NEV ha-AM ha-nikh-la-MIM be-nu-SAM ba-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-yit-gan-NEV ha-AM ba-YOM ha-HU la-VO ha-IR ka-a-SHER yit-ga-NEV ha-AM ha-nikh-la-MIM be-nu-SAM ba-mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The infinitive construct benusam {בְּנוּסָם | bə-nû-sām} ‘in their fleeing’ expresses cause, while the circumstantial phrase bamilchamah {בַּמִּלְחָמָה | bā-milḥā-mā} ‘in battle’ sets the context. English renders the Hebrew verb sequence into a natural SVO order while retaining the emphasis on stealth and dishonor.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:3
And the people stole into the city on that day, just as people steal themselves away —the humiliated —when they flee in battle.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 19:3, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ (bamilkhama) 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.19.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.3.W12.S1) and character.