Judges 21:22:18Judg.21.22.W18TAB
בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה
bamilkhama
“in the battle”
- Transliteration
- ba-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- bah-mihl-khah-MAA
- IPA
- /bam.milħaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the battle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ba-mil-kha-MA
- clause
ve-ha-YA KI-ya-VO-u a-vo-TAM O a-khe-HEM le-ROV la-RIV e-LEI-nu ve-a-MAR-nu a-LEI-hem kha-NU-nu o-TAM KI LO la-KHAK-nu ISH ish-TO ba-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
ve-ha-YA KI-ya-VO-u a-vo-TAM O a-khe-HEM le-ROV la-RIV e-LEI-nu ve-a-MAR-nu a-LEI-hem kha-NU-nu o-TAM KI LO la-KHAK-nu ISH ish-TO ba-mil-kha-MA KI LO a-TEM ne-TAT-tem la-HEM ka-ET te-e-SHA-mu
Exegesis
Two causal clauses introduced by ki {כִּ֣י | kî} explain the basis: lakachnu {לָקַ֛חְנוּ | lā-qaḥ-nū} ‘we took’ a wife for each man in bammilchamah {בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה | ba-mil-ḥā-māh} ‘the war’, and netattem {נְתַתֶּ֥ם | nĕ-ta-tet-tem} ‘you gave’ to them at ka’et {כָּעֵ֥ת | kā-ʿêt} ‘this time’.
In context — Judges 21:22
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to dispute with us, that we will say to them, “Show favor to them , because we did not take a wife for each man in the war, and because you did not give to them at this time, so that you would not be guilty .”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:22:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Judges 21:22, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה (bamilkhama) 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.21.22.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.22.W18.S1) and character.