Judges 20:17:14Judg.20.17.W14TAB
מִלְחָמָֽה׃
milkhama
“of war”
- Transliteration
- mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- mih-lkhah-MAA
- IPA
- /mil.ħɔːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of war
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
mil-kha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ISH mil-kha-MA
- clause
kal-ZE ISH mil-kha-MA
- sentence
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL hit-pa-ke-DU le-VAD mi-bin-ya-MIN ar-BA me-OT E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHA-rev kal-ZE ISH mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
Construct kol-zeh {כָּל־זֶה | kol-zēh} ‘all this’ resumes the enumeration, linking to ish milchamah {אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה | ʾîš mil-ḥā-māh} ‘man of war,’ defining the collective as seasoned warriors. The VSO-derived structure foregrounds communal action and military preparedness.
Root and etymology
lamed–chet–memlamed–chet–mem
“battle”
In context — Judges 20:17
And the men of Israel assembled apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men drawing swords; all these were men of war .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:17:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 20:17, so the Hebrew word מִלְחָמָֽה׃ (milkhama) 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.20.17.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.17.W14.S1) and character.