2 Samuel 21:15:22 Sam.21.15.W2TAB
מִלְחָמָ֛ה
milkhama
“war”
- Transliteration
- mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- mihl-khaa-MAA
- IPA
- /mil.ħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- war
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
mil-kha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
va-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA lap-pe-lish-TIM et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA lap-pe-lish-TIM et-yis-ra-EL va-YE-red da-VID va-a-va-DAV IM-mo va-yil-la-kha-MU et-pe-lish-TIM va-YA-af da-VID
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase la-pelishtim {לַּפְלִשְׁתִּים | la-pə-lîš-tîm} is used with the noun milchamah {מִלְחָמָה | mil-ḥā-māh} to denote the adversaries, ‘battle against the Philistines’.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-m
“to fight, engage in warfare”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:15
And again there was battle between the Philistines and Israel. David went down with his servants and fought the Philistines, and David grew weary .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 21:15, so the Hebrew word מִלְחָמָ֛ה (milkhama) 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.21.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.15.W2.S1) and character.