Isaiah 19:2:4Isa.19.2.W4TAB
וְנִלְחֲמ֥וּ
venilkhamu
“and they will fight”
- Transliteration
- ve-nil-kha-MU
- Extended
- veh-nihl-khah-MOO
- IPA
- /vənil.ħaˈmuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will fight
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-nil-kha-MU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-nil-kha-MU ish-be-a-KHIV
- clause
ve-sikh-sakh-TI mits-ra-YIM be-mits-ra-YIM ve-nil-kha-MU ish-be-a-KHIV ve-ISH be-re-E-HU
- sentence
ve-sikh-sakh-TI mits-ra-YIM be-mits-ra-YIM ve-nil-kha-MU ish-be-a-KHIV ve-ISH be-re-E-HU IR be-IR mam-la-KHA be-mam-la-KHA
Exegesis
The coordinated verb venilchamu {וְנִלְחֲמ֥וּ | nil-ḥă-mū} ‘and they will fight’ presents the consequence of that divine action.
Root and etymology
ל־ח־ם
“to fight”
In context — Isaiah 19:2
And I will stir up the Egyptians against each other, and they will fight, each man against his brother and each man against his companion, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 19:2, so the Hebrew word וְנִלְחֲמ֥וּ (venilkhamu) 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 Isa.19.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.2.W4.S1) and character.