Judges 20:22:7Judg.20.22.W7TAB
מִלְחָמָ֔ה
milkhama
“battle”
- Transliteration
- mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- mihl-khaa-MAH
- IPA
- /mil.ħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- battle
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
la-a-ROKH mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-yo-SI-fu la-a-ROKH mil-kha-MA ba-ma-KOM a-sher-a-re-KHU SHAM ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON
- sentence
va-yit-kha-ZEK ha-AM ISH yis-ra-EL va-yo-SI-fu la-a-ROKH mil-kha-MA ba-ma-KOM a-sher-a-re-KHU SHAM ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON
Exegesis
Vav-consecutive verbs (vayitchazzek, vayyosifu) drive the narrative forward, with la’arokh {לַעֲרֹ֣ךְ | la-ʿă-rō-ḵ} as an infinitive construct expressing intentional military deployment and milchamah {מִלְחָמָ֔ה | mil-ḥā-mā} denoting organized combat.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–chet–mem
“to fight, battle”
In context — Judges 20:22
And the people of Israel strengthened themselves, each man, and they again prepared for battle in the place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 20:22, so the Hebrew word מִלְחָמָ֔ה (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.20.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.22.W7.S1) and character.