Judges 20:42:7Judg.20.42.W7TAB
וְהַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה
vehamilkhama
“and the battle”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- veh-hah-mihl-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /vɛham.milħaːˈmaː/
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-yif-NU lif-NEI ISH yis-ra-EL el-DE-rekh ha-mid-BAR ve-ha-mil-kha-MA hid-bi-ka-TE-hu
- sentence
va-yif-NU lif-NEI ISH yis-ra-EL el-DE-rekh ha-mid-BAR ve-ha-mil-kha-MA hid-bi-ka-TE-hu va-a-SHER me-he-rim mash-khi-TIM o-TO be-to-KHO
Exegesis
The definite noun vehamilchamah {וְהַמִּלְחָמָה | wǝ-hammilḥāmāh} ‘the battle’ is personified by the Hifil perfect hidbikathu {הִדְבִּיקָתְהוּ | hidbəqāṯehû} ‘overtook him’, creating vivid pursuit imagery.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–chet–mem
“to fight, battle”
In context — Judges 20:42
And they turned before the men of Israel toward the road to the wilderness, and the battle overtook them, and those who came from the cities were destroying them in their midst.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:42:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 20:42, 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.20.42.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.42.W7.S1) and character.