2 Samuel 21:20:22 Sam.21.20.W2TAB
מִלְחָמָ֖ה
milkhama
“war”
- Transliteration
- mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- mih-lkhaa-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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The word
Word in context
- word
mil-kha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
vat-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA
- clause
vat-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA be-GAT
- sentence
vat-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA be-GAT va-ye-HI ISH ma-DIN ma-DON ve-ets-be-OT ya-DAV ve-ets-be-OT rag-LAV SHESH va-SHESH e-se-RIM ve-ar-BA mis-PAR ve-gam-HU yul-LAD le-ha-ra-FA
Exegesis
The noun milchamah {מִלְחָמָה | mil-ḥā-māh} establishes the event ‘war’ at the locative beGat {בְּגַת | bə-ḡaṯ} ‘in Gath.’
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed–chet–mem
“to fight”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:20
And again there was war in Gath, and there was a man of extraordinary size , and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet were six and six—twenty-four in number. And he also was born to the Rapha.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 21:20, so the Hebrew word מִלְחָמָ֖ה (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.21.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.20.W2.S1) and character.