Psalm 18:39:3Ps.18.39.W3TABWLC Psalms 18:40
לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה
lamilkhama
“for the battle”
- Transliteration
- la-mil-kha-MA
- Extended
- lah-mil-kha-MAA
- IPA
- /lam.milħaˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the 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-te-ez-ze-RE-ni HA-yil la-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-te-ez-ze-RE-ni HA-yil la-mil-kha-MA takh-RI-a ka-MAI takh-TEI
Exegesis
The opening vatta’azzērēnî {וַתַּאְזְּרֵנִי | wat-ta-ʾazzērēnî} ‘You girded me’ in the Piel stem emphasizes divine equipping, with ḥayil {חַיִל | ḥayil} ‘strength’ as the instrumental object and the purpose clause la-milḥāmah {לַמִּלְחָמָה | la-mil-ḥā-māh} marking “for the battle.”
Root and etymology
Rootl–ḥ–m
“to fight”
In context — Psalm 18:39
You girded me with strength for the battle ; You made those who rose against me bow down under me.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Psalm 18:39, so the Hebrew word לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה (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 Ps.18.39.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.39.W3.S1) and character.