Judges 20:14:6Judg.20.14.W6TAB
לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה
lammilkhama
“to the battle”
- Transliteration
- lam-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- lahm-mihl-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /lam.mil.ħɔːˈmɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the battle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
lam-mil-kha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
la-TSET lam-mil-kha-MA
- clause
la-TSET lam-mil-kha-MA im-be-NE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-as-FU be-NE-VIN-ya-min min-he-a-RIM ha-giv-a-TA la-TSET lam-mil-kha-MA im-be-NE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Two infinitive constructs lā-ṣēʾṯ {לָצֵ֥את | lā-ṣēʾṯ} ‘to go out’ and la-milḥāmah {לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה | la-mil-ḥā-mah} ‘to battle’ function as purpose clauses.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed–ḥet–mem
“fight, wage war”
In context — Judges 20:14
And the sons of Benjamin gathered from the cities to Gibeah to go out to battle with the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 20:14, so the Hebrew word לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (lammilkhama) 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 Judg.20.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.14.W6.S1) and character.