Deuteronomy 20:3:8Deut.20.3.W8TAB
לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה
lamilkhama
“to the battle”
- Transliteration
- la-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- lah-meel-kha-MAH
- IPA
- /lammilħaˈmaː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
la-mil-kha-MA
- clause
ve-a-MAR a-le-HEM she-MA yis-ra-EL a-TEM ke-re-VIM ha-YOM la-mil-kha-MA al-oy-ve-KHEM
- sentence
ve-a-MAR a-le-HEM she-MA yis-ra-EL a-TEM ke-re-VIM ha-YOM la-mil-kha-MA al-oy-ve-KHEM al-ye-RAKH le-vav-KHEM al-tir-U ve-al-takh-pe-ZU ve-al-ta-ar-TZU mip-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The pronoun atem {אַתֶּם | ʾa-tem} ‘you’ and the participle kerevim {קְרֵבִים | qə-re-vîm} ‘are drawing near’ together with the temporal marker hayom {הַיּוֹם | ha-yôm} situate the audience at the threshold of la-milchamah {לַמִּלְחָמָה | la-mil-ḥā-māh} ‘the battle’ against al-oyveichem {עַל־אֹיְבֵיכֶם | ʿal-ʼô-vê-chem} ‘your enemies.’
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–chet–mem
“battle, war”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:3
And he shall say to them, “Hear, Israel: today you are coming near to the battle against your enemies. Do not let your heart weaken; do not fear, do not panic, and do not be terrified in front of them.”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 20:3, so the Hebrew word לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (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.20.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.3.W8.S1) and character.