2 Samuel 22:35:32 Sam.22.35.W3TAB
לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה
lammilkhama
“for the battle or for war”
- Transliteration
- lam-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- lahm-mihl-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /lam.milħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the battle or for war
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
lam-mil-kha-MA
- clause
me-lam-MED YA-dai lam-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
me-lam-MED YA-dai lam-mil-kha-MA ve-ni-KHAT KE-shet-ne-KHU-sha ze-ro-O-tai
Exegesis
The Hebrew verse presents a Piel participle melammed {מְלַמֵּד | mə-lam-mēḏ} ‘he trains’ as the main verb, followed by the object yaday {יָדַי | yā-ḏay} ‘my hands’ with a purpose phrase lamilchamah {לַמִּלְחָמָה | la-mil-ḥā-māh} ‘for battle’.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed–ḥet–mem
“fight, battle”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:35
He trains my hands for battle, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:35:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 22:35, so the Hebrew word לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה (lammilkhama) 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.22.35.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.35.W3.S1) and character.