Deuteronomy 20:1:2Deut.20.1.W2TAB
לַמִּלְחָמָ֜ה
lamilkhama
“to the battle”
- Transliteration
- la-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- lah-meel-kha-MAA
- IPA
- /lam.milħaˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to 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
kee-te-TSE la-mil-kha-MA
- clause
kee-te-TSE la-mil-kha-MA al-oy-ve-KHA ve-ra-I-ta SUS va-RE-khev am-RAV mim-KHA lo ti-RA me-HEM
- sentence
kee-te-TSE la-mil-kha-MA al-oy-ve-KHA ve-ra-I-ta SUS va-RE-khev am-RAV mim-KHA lo ti-RA me-HEM kee-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha im-MAKH ha-ma-al-KHA me-E-retz mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lamilchamah {לַמִּלְחָמָה | lam-mi-ḥā-mā(h)} ‘to war’ governs the adversaries marked by al-oyvekha {עַל־אֹיְבֶיךָ | ʿal-’ō-bê-kā} ‘against your enemies.’
Root and etymology
ל־ח־םlamed–chet–mem
“to fight, do battle”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:1
When you go out to fight against your enemies and you see horses and chariots and a force larger than you, you must not fear them, for the LORD your God is with you—He is the One who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 20:1, so the Hebrew word לַמִּלְחָמָ֜ה (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 Deut.20.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.1.W2.S1) and character.