Numbers 21:26:9Num.21.26.W9TAB
נִלְחַ֗ם
nilkham
“had fought”
- Transliteration
- nil-KHAM
- Extended
- neel-KHAHM
- IPA
- /nilˈħam/
Meaning by language
- English
- had fought
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nil-KHAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-HU nil-KHAM
- clause
ve-HU nil-KHAM be-ME-lekh mo-AV ha-ri-SHON va-yik-KAKH ET-kol-artSO mi-ya-DO ad-ar-NON
- sentence
KI khesh-BON IR si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI HI ve-HU nil-KHAM be-ME-lekh mo-AV ha-ri-SHON va-yik-KAKH ET-kol-artSO mi-ya-DO ad-ar-NON
Exegesis
Nilcham {נִלְחַם | nil-ḥam} is a Niphal perfect denoting completed action “he fought.”
Root and etymology
Rootl-ḥ-m
“bread, food”
In context — Numbers 21:26
For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites , and it was he who fought against the first king of Moab and took his entire territory from his hand as far as the Arnon.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:26:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 21:26, so the Hebrew word נִלְחַ֗ם (nilkham) 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 Num.21.26.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.26.W9.S1) and character.