2 Samuel 21:19:22 Sam.21.19.W2TAB
הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה
hamilkhama
“the battle”
- Transliteration
- ha-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- hah-mihl-khaa-MAA
- IPA
- /ham.mil.ħaˈmaː/
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
ha-mil-kha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
va-te-HI-OD ha-mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-te-HI-OD ha-mil-kha-MA be-GOV im-pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
va-te-HI-OD ha-mil-kha-MA be-GOV im-pe-lish-TIM va-YAKH el-kha-NAN ben-ya-re or-GIM BET ha-lakh-MI ET gal-YAT ha-git-TI ve-ETS kha-NI-to kim-NOR or-GIM
Exegesis
The definite noun hammilkhamah {הַמִּלְחָמָה | hammil·ḥā·māh} ‘the battle’ is located at Gob by begov {בְּג֖וֹב | bə·gōḇ} and involves the adversaries pelishtim {פְּלִשְׁתִּים | pel·ish·tîm}.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed-ḥet-mem
“to fight”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:19
And again there was the battle at Gob with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of Jaarei-oregim the Bethlehemite struck Goliath the Gittite , and the shaft of his spear was like the beam of weavers .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 21:19, so the Hebrew word הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה (hamilkhama) 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.21.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.19.W2.S1) and character.