Judges 20:39:18Judg.20.39.W18TAB
כַּמִּלְחָמָ֖ה
kamilkhama
“as the battle”
- Transliteration
- ka-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- kah-mihl-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /kam.mil.ħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as the battle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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
ka-mil-kha-MA
- clause
u-vin-ya-MIN he-KHEL le-ha-KOT kha-la-LIM be-ish-yis-ra-EL ki-she-lo-SHIM ISH KI a-me-RU AKH ni-GOF ni-GAF HU le-fa-NE-nu ka-mil-kha-MA ha-ri-sho-NA
- sentence
va-ya-ha-FO-kh ish-yis-ra-EL ba-mil-kha-MA u-vin-ya-MIN he-KHEL le-ha-KOT kha-la-LIM be-ish-yis-ra-EL ki-she-lo-SHIM ISH KI a-me-RU AKH ni-GOF ni-GAF HU le-fa-NE-nu ka-mil-kha-MA ha-ri-sho-NA
Exegesis
The comparative phrase kammilchamah harishonah {כַּמִּלְחָמָה הָרִאשֹׁנָה | kă-mil-ḥā-māh hā-riʾ-šō-nāh} links this encounter to the first battle. English maintains the Hebrew sequence and emphatic structures by mirroring the order of actions, rendering constructs as group designations, and conveying intensification with equivalent adverbs.
Root and etymology
l-ch-mlamed–chet–mem
“battle, warfare”
In context — Judges 20:39
And the men of Israel turned in the battle , and Benjamin began to strike down the slain among them, about thirty men, for they said, “Surely, they are utterly defeated before us, as in the first battle.”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:39:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Judges 20:39, so the Hebrew word כַּמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (kamilkhama) 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.20.39.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.39.W18.S1) and character.