Jeremiah 18:21:17Jer.18.21.W17TAB
בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃
bammilkhama
“in the battle”
- Transliteration
- ba-mmil-kha-MA
- Extended
- bahm-mihl-khaa-MAA
- IPA
- /bam.mil.ħaːˈmaː/
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-mmil-kha-MA
- clause
ba-khu-re-HEM mu-kke-KHE-rev ba-mmil-kha-MA
- sentence
la-KHEN TEN et-be-NE-hem la-ra-AV ve-hag-gi-REM al-ye-DE-khe-REV ve-tih-ye-NA ne-SHE-hem sha-kku-LOT ve-al-ma-NOT ve-an-she-HEM yih-yu ha-ru-GE MA-vet ba-khu-re-HEM mu-kke-KHE-rev ba-mmil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The final Hophal participle clause ba-ḥu-rê-hem mū-kê-ḥe-rev ba-mil-ḥā-māh {בַּחוּרֵיהֶם מֻכֵּי־חֶרֶב בַּמִּלְחָמָה} features the young men’s violent end in battle. The paratactic structure and cumulative imperatives intensify the pronouncement’s severity.
In context — Jeremiah 18:21
Therefore, give their sons to the famine , and hand them over to the power of the sword; let their women be bereaved and become widows , and let their men be slain by death; let their young men be struck by the sword in battle.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:21:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Jeremiah 18:21, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ (bammilkhama) 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 Jer.18.21.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.21.W17.S1) and character.