2 Samuel 23:9:142 Sam.23.9.W14TAB
לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה
lamilkhama
“for the battle”
- Transliteration
- la-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- lah-mihl-khah-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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Word in context
- word
la-mil-kha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ne-es-FU-sham la-mil-kha-MA
- clause
bi-she-lo-SHA ge-va-RIM ha-gi-bo-RIM im-da-VID be-khar-FAm ba-pe-lish-TIM ne-es-FU-sham la-mil-kha-MA va-ya-a-LU ISH yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-a-khe-RO ve-a-kha-RAV el-e-A-zar ben-da-DI do-DO ben-a-kho-KHI bi-she-lo-SHA ge-va-RIM ha-gi-bo-RIM im-da-VID be-khar-FAm ba-pe-lish-TIM ne-es-FU-sham la-mil-kha-MA va-ya-a-LU ISH yis-ra-EL
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed–het–mem
“battle, combat”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:9
And after him was Eleazar, son of Dodo the Ahohite , one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel withdrew.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:9:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 23:9, 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.23.9.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.9.W14.S1) and character.