Numbers 21:33:11Num.21.33.W11TAB
לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה
lamilkhama
“to battle”
- Transliteration
- la-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- lah-mil-kha-MAA
- IPA
- /lamilħaˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to battle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
la-mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-ye-TSE OG ME-lekh-ha-ba-SHAN lik-ra-TAM HU ve-KHOL-am-MO la-mil-kha-MA ed-re-I
- sentence
va-yif-NU va-ya-a-LU DE-rekh ha-ba-SHAN va-ye-TSE OG ME-lekh-ha-ba-SHAN lik-ra-TAM HU ve-KHOL-am-MO la-mil-kha-MA ed-re-I
Exegesis
Finally, lammilḥāmâ {לַמִּלְחָמָה | lammilḥāmâ} specifies the military aim and ʾeḏrēʿî {אֶדְרֶעִי | ʾeḏrēʿî} fixes the location. English word order consolidates the Hebrew clauses while preserving participant roles and sequence.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mLamed, Chet, Mem
“battle, war”
In context — Numbers 21:33
And they turned and went up by the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan came out to meet them, he and all his people, for the battle at Edrei .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:33:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 21:33, so the Hebrew word לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (lamilkhama) 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.21.33.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.33.W11.S1) and character.