Deuteronomy 20:7:10Deut.20.7.W10TAB
בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה
bamilkhamah
“in the battle”
- Transliteration
- ba-mil-kha-MAH
- Extended
- bah-mil-kha-MAAH
- IPA
- /bam.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-MUT ba-mil-kha-MAH ve-ISH a-KHER yi-ka-KHE-na
- sentence
u-MI-ha-ISH a-SHER-e-RAS i-SHAH ve-LO le-ka-KHAH ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to pen-ya-MUT ba-mil-kha-MAH ve-ISH a-KHER yi-ka-KHE-na
Exegesis
The particle pen {פֶּן | pen} introduces a clause of potential negative outcome with yamut {יָמוּת | yā-mût} ‘he die’, located at bamilchamah {בַּמִּלְחָמָה | ba-mil-ḥā-māh} ‘in the battle’.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–chet–mem
“battle”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:7
Is there a man who has betrothed a woman and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 20:7, 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.20.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.7.W10.S1) and character.