Deuteronomy 20:2:3Deut.20.2.W3TAB
אֶל־הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה
elhammilkhama
“to the battle”
- Transliteration
- el-ham-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- el-ham-meel-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /ʔel.ham.milħaˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the battle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
el-ham-mil-kha-MA
- clause
ve-ha-YA ke-ka-RAV-khem el-ham-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ke-ka-RAV-khem el-ham-mil-kha-MA ve-nig-ASH ha-ko-HEN ve-dib-ER el-ha-AM
Exegesis
The infinitive construct ke-karovkhem {כְּקָֽרָבְכֶ֖ם | kə-qā-rā-və-khem} forms a temporal clause ‘as your drawing near’, and the prepositional phrase el ha-milchamah {אֶל־הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה | ʾel ha-mil-ḥā-māh} sets the martial context.
Root and etymology
ל־ח־םlamed–chet–mem
“to fight, do battle”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:2
When you are drawing close to the battle line, the priest shall step forward and speak to the people .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 20:2, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה (elhammilkhama) 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.20.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.2.W3.S1) and character.