Deuteronomy 20:12:6Deut.20.12.W6TAB
מִלְחָמָ֑ה
milkhamah
“war”
- Transliteration
- mil-kha-MAH
- Extended
- mil-kha-MAAH
- IPA
- /milħaˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- war
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
mil-kha-MAH
- clause
ve-IM-LO tash-LEEM im-MAKH ve-as-TA im-KHA mil-kha-MAH
- sentence
ve-IM-LO tash-LEEM im-MAKH ve-as-TA im-KHA mil-kha-MAH ve-tsar-TA a-LE-ha
Exegesis
The repetition of the prepositional phrase immekha {עִמְּךָ | ʿim·mə·ḵā} around the noun milchamah {מִלְחָמָה | mil·ḥā·māh} forms a chiastic structure.
Root and etymology
Rootl-h-m
“to fight; to wage battle”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:12
But if she does not make peace with you and instead wages war against you, then you shall besiege her.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 20:12, so the Hebrew word מִלְחָמָ֑ה (milkhamah) 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.20.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.12.W6.S1) and character.