Deuteronomy 20:5:15Deut.20.5.W15TAB
בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה
bamilkhamah
“in the battle”
- Transliteration
- ba-mil-kha-MAH
- Extended
- bah-meel-kha-MAAH
- IPA
- /ba.mil.ħaˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the battle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ba-mil-kha-MAH
- clause
pen-ya-MOOT ba-mil-kha-MAH ve-ISH a-KHER yakh-ne-KHE-nu
- sentence
ve-dib-ROO ha-sho-TRIM el-ha-AM le-MOR mi-ha-ISH a-SHER ba-NA ba-YIT-kha-DASH ve-LO kha-na-KHO ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to pen-ya-MOOT ba-mil-kha-MAH ve-ISH a-KHER yakh-ne-KHE-nu
Exegesis
The locative ba-milḥāmāh {בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה | ba-milḥāmāh} situates the consequence, and the subsequent clause wə-ʾîš ʾāḥer yaḥnəḵennû {וְאִ֥ישׁ אַחֵ֖ר יַחְנְכֶֽנּוּ | wə-ʾîš ʾāḥer yaḥnəḵennû} conveys that another person will perform the dedication. In translation, the Hebrew concessive and jussive constructions are rendered with an inquiry and permissive instruction to preserve the original discourse flow.
Root and etymology
ל־ח־םlamed–chet–mem
“to fight, do battle”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:5
The officers shall speak to the people, saying, “Is there a man who built a new house but has not dedicated it? Let him go back to his house, so that he does not die in the battle and another man dedicate it.”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Deuteronomy 20:5, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה (bamilkhamah) 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.20.5.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.5.W15.S1) and character.