2 Samuel 21:17:152 Sam.21.17.W15TAB

לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה

lamilkhama

to the battle

Transliteration
la-mil-kha-MA
Extended
lah-mihl-khah-MAA
IPA
/lam.mil.ħaːˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
to the battle

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לַ + מִּלְ + חָ + מָ֔ה
la + mil + kha + ma
lamilkhama

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-mil-kha-MA

  2. clause

    AZ nish-be-U an-she-da-VID LO le-MOR lo-te-TSE OD i-TA-nu la-mil-kha-MA ve-LO te-kha-BE et-NER yis-ra-EL

  3. sentence

    va-ya-e-ZAR-lo a-vi-SHAI ben-tse-ru-YA va-YAKH et-ha-pe-lish-TI va-ye-mi-TE-hu AZ nish-be-U an-she-da-VID LO le-MOR lo-te-TSE OD i-TA-nu la-mil-kha-MA ve-LO te-kha-BE et-NER yis-ra-EL

Root and etymology

l-ḥ-m

to fight, engage in warfare

In context2 Samuel 21:17

But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid and struck the Philistine down, putting him to death. Then the men of David swore an oath to him, saying, “You shall not go out with us again to battle , and you will not extinguish the lamp of Israel.”

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 21:17:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Samuel 21:17, so the Hebrew word לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה (lamilkhama) 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.21.17.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.17.W15.S1) and character.