Deuteronomy 20:12:6Deut.20.12.W6PAT

מִלְחָמָ֑ה

milkhama

war

Transliteration
mil-kha-MA
Extended
mil-kha-MAA
IPA
/mil.ħa.ˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
war
French
guerre
Spanish
guerra
Portuguese
guerra
German
Krieg
Russian
война
Arabic-Simplified
حرب
Hindi
युद्ध
Chinese-Simplified
战争
Korean
전쟁
Indonesian
perang
Bengali
যুদ্ধ
Tagalog
digmaan
Swahili
vita
Amharic
ጦርነት
Yoruba
ogun
Igbo
agha
Twi
ɔko
Ewe
aʋa

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִלְ + חָ + מָ֑ה
mil + kha + ma
milkhama

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    mil-kha-MA

  2. clause

    veh-im-LOH tash-LEEM im-MAKH veh-ahs-TA im-KHA mil-kha-MA

  3. sentence

    veh-im-LOH tash-LEEM im-MAKH veh-ahs-TA im-KHA mil-kha-MA veh-tsar-TA ah-LEH-hah

In contextDeuteronomy 20:12

and if not make peace with you and make with you war and besiege against it

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 20:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 20:12, so the Hebrew word מִלְחָמָ֑ה (milkhama) 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 Deut.20.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.12.W6.S1) and character.