מִלְחָמָֽה׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִלְחָמָֽה׃

   mil-kha-MA

   of battle or of war
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כֹּ֥בֶד מִלְחָמָֽה׃

   KO-ved mil-kha-MA

   the heaviness or the weight of battle or of war
3. clause🔊 מִפְּנֵ֣י חֶ֣רֶב נְטוּשָׁ֗ה וּמִפְּנֵי֙ קֶ֣שֶׁת דְּרוּכָ֔ה וּמִפְּנֵ֖י כֹּ֥בֶד מִלְחָמָֽה׃

   mip-NE KHE-rev ne-tu-SHA u-mip-NE KE-shet de-ru-KHA u-mip-NE KO-ved mil-kha-MA

   from the face of or because of a sword drawn or unsheathed and from the face of or and because of a bow bent or drawn and from the face of or and because of the heaviness or the weight of battle or of war
4. sentence🔊 כִּֽי־מִפְּנֵ֥י חֲרָב֖וֹת נָדָ֑דוּ מִפְּנֵ֣י חֶ֣רֶב נְטוּשָׁ֗ה וּמִפְּנֵי֙ קֶ֣שֶׁת דְּרוּכָ֔ה וּמִפְּנֵ֖י כֹּ֥בֶד מִלְחָמָֽה׃

   KI-mip-ne kha-ra-VOT na-da-DU mip-NE KHE-rev ne-tu-SHA u-mip-NE KE-shet de-ru-KHA u-mip-NE KO-ved mil-kha-MA

   for from the face of or because of swords they fled or they wandered from the face of or because of a sword drawn or unsheathed and from the face of or and because of a bow bent or drawn and from the face of or and because of the heaviness or the weight of battle or of war

Exegesis

The final abstract phrase kōweḏ milḥāmā {כֹּבֶד מִלְחָמָה | kōweḏ milḥāmā} ‘heaviness of war’ intensifies the sense of overwhelming conflict. The translation preserves this rhetorical pattern by repeating “from before” and progressing from tangible arms to the intangible burden of battle, mirroring the Hebrew’s poetic escalation.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ל־ח־םLamed–Het–Mem

“to fight”

• 🔊 לוֹחֵםlō·ḥēmwarriorPsalm 144:1