Judges 20:18:12Judg.20.18.W12TAB
לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה
lamilkhama
“to the battle”
- Transliteration
- la-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- lah-mihl-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /lam.milħaˈmaː/
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
la-mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-ya-KU-mu va-ya-a-LU BET-EL va-yish-e-a-LU be-e-lo-HIM va-yo-ME-ru be-NE yis-ra-EL MI ya-a-LE-la-NU ba-te-khi-LA la-mil-kha-MA IM-be-NE bin-ya-MIN
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu va-ya-a-LU BET-EL va-yish-e-a-LU be-e-lo-HIM va-yo-ME-ru be-NE yis-ra-EL MI ya-a-LE-la-NU ba-te-khi-LA la-mil-kha-MA IM-be-NE bin-ya-MIN va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH ye-hu-DA ba-te-khi-LA
Exegesis
The purpose phrase la-mmilḥāmāh {לַמִּלְחָמָה | la-mmilḥāmāh} ‘to the battle’ and the adjunct ‘im-bᵊnê binyāmîn {עִם־בְּנֵי בִּנְיָמִן | ‘im-bᵊnê binyāmîn} ‘with the sons of Benjamin’ specify context.
Root and etymology
lamed-ḥet-memlamed–ḥet–mem
“battle, warfare”
In context — Judges 20:18
And they rose and went up to Bethel, and they asked of God . The sons of Israel said, “Who shall go up first for us in battle against the sons of Benjamin?” And the LORD said, “Judah shall go up first.”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 20:18, so the Hebrew word לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (lamilkhama) 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.20.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.18.W12.S1) and character.