Ezekiel 13:5:9Ezek.13.5.W9TAB
בַּמִּלְחָמָ֖ה
bamilkhama
“in the battle”
- Transliteration
- ba-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- bah-mihl-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /bam.mil.ħɑːˈmaː/
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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Word in context
- word
ba-mil-kha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
la-a-MOD ba-mil-kha-MA
- clause
la-a-MOD ba-mil-kha-MA be-YOM Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
LO a-li-TEM ba-pe-ra-TSOT va-tig-de-RU ga-DER al-BET yis-ra-EL la-a-MOD ba-mil-kha-MA be-YOM Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The infinitive laʿamod {לַעֲמֹד | la-ʿă-mōḏ} ‘to stand’ expresses purpose, completed by ba-milchamah {בַּמִּלְחָמָה | bam-mil-ḥā-māh} ‘in the battle’ and be-yom YHWH {בְּיוֹם יְהוָה | bə-yōm Yə-hō-wāh} ‘on the day of the LORD’, conveying eschatological urgency. The Hebrew parallelism and vav-constructions highlight two neglected duties held in tension.
Root and etymology
RootLamed, Chet, Mem
“battle”
In context — Ezekiel 13:5
You have not gone up into the breaches , nor built a wall for the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the LORD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 13:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 13:5, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (bamilkhama) 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 Ezek.13.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.5.W9.S1) and character.