2 Samuel 22:40:32 Sam.22.40.W3TAB
לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה
lammilkhama
“for the battle”
- Transliteration
- lam-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- lahm-mihl-khaa-MAA
- IPA
- /lam.mil.ħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the battle
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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The word
Word in context
- word
lam-mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-taz-RE-ni kha-YIL lam-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-taz-RE-ni kha-YIL lam-mil-kha-MA tak-rhi-A ka-MAI takh-te-NI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lammilchamah {לַמִּלְחָמָה | lammilḥāmā} indicates purpose ‘for battle’.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed–ḥet–mem
“fight, battle”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:40
You girded me with strength for battle; you caused my adversaries to bow beneath me.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:40:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 22:40, 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.22.40.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.40.W3.S1) and character.