Judges 20:34:9Judg.20.34.W9TAB
וְהַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה
vehamilkhama
“and the battle”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- veh-hah-mihl-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /vəhammil.ħaˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the battle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-yo-VU mi-NE-ged la-giv-A a-se-RET a-la-FIM ISH ba-KHUR mi-kol-yis-ra-EL ve-ha-mil-kha-MA ka-ve-DA
- sentence
va-yo-VU mi-NE-ged la-giv-A a-se-RET a-la-FIM ISH ba-KHUR mi-kol-yis-ra-EL ve-ha-mil-kha-MA ka-ve-DA ve-HEM LO ya-de-U ki-no-GA-at a-le-HEM ha-ra-A
Exegesis
The conjunction we-hamilḥāmah kāvedah {וְהַמִּלְחָמָה כָּבֵדָה | we-ham-mil-ḥā-māh kā-ve-dāh} ‘and the battle was heavy’ uses a nominal predicate with vav to intensify combat imagery.
Root and etymology
ל־ח־ם
“battle, struggle”
In context — Judges 20:34
Ten thousand chosen men from all Israel came against Gibeah , and the battle was heavy . They did not know that disaster was reaching upon them.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:34:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 20:34, so the Hebrew word וְהַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (vehamilkhama) 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.20.34.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.34.W9.S1) and character.