מִלְחָמָה819 noun feminine battle, war; — absolute ׳מ [Gen 14:2]; [Gen 14:8]; [Exod 1:10] +; construct מִלְהֶ֫מֶת [1Sam 13:22] (מִכְמָשׁ ׳מ ᵐ5 Th We Bu HPS Ew§ 188 c Köii. 182 > absolute Thes and others); suffix מִלְחַמְתִּי [2Chr 35:21] מִלְחַמְתְּךָ [2Sam 11:25] מִלְחַמְתֶּ֑ךָ [Isa 41:12], etc.; plural מִלְחָמוֺת [Isa 42:13] + 7 t. Chronicles, Psalms; construct מִלְחֲמוֺת [Judg 3:1] +, etc.; — battle, [Gen 14:8]; [1Sam 17:1]; [1Sam 17:2]; [1Sam 17:8]; [1Sam 31:3]; [1Kgs 20:14]; [1Kgs 20:18]; [1Kgs 20:29]; [1Kgs 20:39] + often; war, [Gen 14:2]; [Exod 1:10]; [Deut 20:12]; [Josh 11:23]; [Josh 14:15]; [2Sam 3:1] (אֲרֻכָּה וַתְּהִי הַמִּלְחָמָה) +; מִלְחֲמוֺת כְּנָ֑עַן [Judg 3:1] ׳סֵפֶד מִלְחֲמֹת י [Num 21:14] (JE); accusative of congnate meaning with verb with נלחם [1Sam 8:20]; [2Chr 32:8] and (׳מִלְחֲמוֺת י) [1Sam 18:17]; [1Sam 25:28]; = art of war, ׳למד מ [Isa 2:4] learn war = [Mic 4:3] ׳למּד מ [Judg 3:2] teach war, fighting; ׳מְלַמֵּד יָדַי לַמּ [2Sam 22:35] = [Ps 18:35], compare [Ps 144:1] ׳לְמוּדֵי מ [1Chr 5:18], ׳מְלֻמְּדֵי מ [Song 3:8] instructed in war; once = battlefield וַיָּבֹאוּ ׳עַד הַמּ [1Sam 14:20] (so KitKauAT). The most frequent phrases are: ׳אִישׁ מ [Isa 3:2]; [1Sam 16:18]; [1Sam 17:33]; [2Sam 17:8]; [Ezek 39:20]; [Josh 17:1] (P), also (collective) [Judg 20:17], of ׳י [Exod 15:3] (poem); ׳אַנְשֵׁי הַמּ [Josh 6:3]; [Josh 10:24] (both J E), [Deut 2:14]; [Deut 2:16]; [Josh 5:4]; [Josh 5:6] (all D), [Jer 38:4]; [Jer 39:4]; [Jer 41:3]; [Jer 41:16]; [Jer 49:26]; [Jer 51:32]; [Jer 52:7]; [Jer 52:25], also [1Kgs 9:22]; [2Kgs 25:4]; [Num 31:28]; [Num 31:49] (P), [Joel 4:9] late ׳אַנְשֵׁי מ [Joel 2:7]; [1Chr 12:39] (38 van d. H) [2Chr 8:9]; [2Chr 17:13] אִישׁ מִלְחָמוֺת [Isa 42:13]; [1Chr 28:3] אַנְשֵׁי מִלְחַמְתָּהּ [Jer 50:30] her men of war, compare [Isa 41:12]; [Ezek 27:10]; [Ezek 27:27] אִישׁ מִלְחֲמוּת תֹּעִי [2Sam 8:10] a man of battles of Toi, i.e. his frequent opponent (see Dr), = [1Chr 18:10] seldom ׳גִּבּוֺר מ [Ps 24:8] (f ׳י), ׳גִּבּוֺרֵי מ [2Chr 13:3] שָׂרֵי מִלְחָמוֺת [2Chr 32:6] ׳עַם הַמּ [Josh 8:1]; [Josh 8:3]; [Josh 10:7]; [Josh 11:7], compare [Josh 8:11] (all J E), compare also [1Sam 13:16] add. ᵐ5 We Dr, compare Klo; ׳אַנְשֵׁי חַיִל לַמּ [Jer 48:14] ׳צְבָא מ battle-host [Isa 13:4], so ׳הַמּ ׳צ [Num 31:14] (P); also ׳גְּדוּדֵי צְבָא מ [1Chr 7:4], ׳לַמּ ׳יֹצְאֵי צ v[1Chr 7:11] ׳אַנְשֵׁי צָבָא לַמּ [1Chr 12:9] (8 van d. H) ; weapons of war, ׳כְּלֵי (ה)מ [Judg 18:11]; [Judg 18:17]; [Jer 21:4]; [Jer 51:20]; [1Chr 12:34] (33 van d. H), also figurative [2Sam 1:27] ׅ || (גִבּוֺרִים; ׳כְּלֵי צְבָא מ [1Chr 12:38] (37 van d. H); ׳קֶשֶׁת מ [Zech 9:10]; [Zech 10:4] כְּלֵי מִלְחַמְתּוֺ his weapons of war [1Sam 8:12]; [Deut 1:41], compare [Judg 18:16]; ׳דִּבְרֵי הַמּ = the news of the battle [2Sam 11:18]; [2Sam 11:19] + v[2Sam 11:22] add. ᵐ5 The We Klo Dr Bu. Frequently combined with verbs are: ׳עָרַךְ מ draw up battle-line [Judg 20:22] +, followed by אֵת with = against [Gen 14:8]; [Judg 20:20], followed by עִם [2Chr 13:3] ׳אסר המּ i. e. begin the battle [1Kgs 20:14], compare [2Chr 13:3] ׳וַתִּקְרַב הַמּ [1Kgs 20:29] and the battle was joined; ׳עָשָׂה מ make war [Prov 20:8]; [Prov 24:6]; [1Chr 22:8], followed by אֵת with [Gen 14:2]; [Josh 11:18] (D), followed by עִם [Deut 20:12]; [Deut 20:20]; [1Chr 5:10]; [1Chr 5:19] עִם ׳יָצָא לַמּ [Judg 20:14]; [Judg 20:20]; [Judg 20:28], with עַל [1Kgs 8:44]; [2Chr 6:34] עִם ׳הָלַךְ לַמּ [2Kgs 8:28] עַם ׳נגשׁ לַמּ [Judg 20:23], with בְּ [1Sam 7:10]; [2Sam 10:3], absolute [Jer 46:3]; עִם ׳וַתְּהִי הַמּ [2Sam 21:18]; [2Sam 21:19], with בֵּין [2Sam 3:1], compare v[2Sam 3:6] +; ׳קִדַּשׁ מ consecrate war, i.e. open a campaign (with sacred rites, Che) [Mic 3:5]; [Jer 6:4] (both withעל), [Joel 4:9] compare ׳הִדְבִּיקָתְהוּ וְהַמּ [Judg 20:42] and the battle clung to them; ׳וַתַּעֲלֶה הַמּ [Judg 22:35] and the battle rose (high) = [2Chr 18:34] ׳וַתִּטּשׁ הַמּ [1Sam 4:2], read ׳וַתֵּט הַמּ (ᵐ5 We Klo Bu, compare Dr) and the battle inclined (in favour of one side); ׳נָפוֺצֶת הַמּ [2Sam 18:8] Qr the battle was spread (extended), so read [1Sam 14:24] add. ᵐ5 The We Klo Dr; ׳תָּקוּם עָלַי מ [Ps 27:3] if war rise against me; כָּבֵ֑דָה ׳הַמּ [Judg 20:34] the battle was severe, compare אֶלשָֿׁאוּל ׳וַתִּכְבַּד הַמּ [1Sam 31:3] = [1Chr 10:3] (על for אל); so חֲזָקָה ׳וַתְּהִי הַמּ [1Sam 14:52], חָזַק מִמֶּנּוּ ׳הַמּ [2Kgs 3:26] קָשָׁה ׳וַתְּהִי הַמּ [2Sam 2:17]: compare ׳כֹּבֶד מ [Isa 21:15], ׳עֱזוּז מ [Isa 42:25].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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