Deuteronomy 20:10:3Deut.20.10.W3TAB
לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם
lehillakhem
“to fight”
- Transliteration
- le-hil-la-KHEM
- Extended
- leh-hil-lah-KHEHM
- IPA
- /ləhillaˈħem/
Meaning by language
- English
- to fight
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-hil-la-KHEM
- clause
kee-tik-RAV el-EER le-hil-la-KHEM a-le-HA
- sentence
kee-tik-RAV el-EER le-hil-la-KHEM a-le-HA ve-ka-RA-ta e-le-HA le-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The Niphal infinitive lehilakhem {לְהִלָּחֵם | lə-hillāḥêm} serves as a purpose clause “to fight,” qualified by the suffix aleha {עָלֶיהָ | ʿāleyhā}.
In context — Deuteronomy 20:10
When you come near a city to wage war against it, you shall call to it with an offer of peace .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 20:10, so the Hebrew word לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם (lehillakhem) 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.20.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.10.W3.S1) and character.