לַ/מִּלְחָמָ֑ה

𐤋/𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄

lamilechamah

to the battle

from לָחַם (in the sense of fighting); a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare); battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).

H4421

Numbers 31:21 · Word #8

Lexicon H4421

Lemmaמִלְחָמָה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄
Transliterationmilchâmâh
Strong'sH4421
In-contextto the battle

Morphology HRd/Ncfsa All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender f — Feminine — Feminine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H4421-05

to the battle

Rootלחם (l-ḥ-m)
Core Meaningsto fight, to wage war, to engage in combat
Semantic Rangebattle, war, warfare, armed conflict, military campaign, engagement in combat
Conceptual Significanceמִלְחָמָה frames much of Israel’s historical narrative, describing both physical conflicts and divinely sanctioned wars. It often highlights YHWH as the true warrior who fights for Israel, underscoring themes of divine sovereignty, covenant faithfulness, and dependence upon God in times of conflict.
Morphological NotesPreposition ל with assimilated definite article ("to the") + noun common feminine singular absolute מִלְחָמָה. The dagesh in מ marks assimilation of the article. No pronominal suffix.
Rendering RationaleThe form לַמִּלְחָמָה consists of the preposition לַ ("to/for") with the definite article assimilated, attached to the feminine singular noun מִלְחָמָה ("battle, war") from the root לחם ("to fight"). "To the battle" preserves the singular feminine noun and the prefixed preposition, while keeping the concrete sense of engaging in combat inherent in the root.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root לחם (to fight, to wage war, to engage in combat)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H3899-01 balachem in the bread
H3899-02 balechem in the bread
H4421-01 bamilechamah in the fighting
H3898-01 behilachamo in his battling
H3899-03 belachemekha with your bread
H3899-04 belachemo with his bread
H3899-05 belechem in fought-for bread
H3898-02 elecham I wage battle
H3899-06 halachem the bread-food
H1022-01 halachemi the Bread-House man
H3899-07 halechem the sustaining-bread
H4421-02 hamilechamah the warfare
H4421-03 hamilechamot the fightings
H3898-03 hanilecham the one who is battling
H3898-04 hanilechamim the battling ones
H3898-05 hilachamv they have warred against him
H3898-06 hilachem Engage yourself in the consuming battle!
H3899-08 kalechem as the bread
H4421-04 kamilechamah as the battle
H3899-09 kelechem like bread-food
H3898-07 lachamu they war-consumed / wage-battle! (you men)
H3899-10 lachem bread
H3899-11 lachemah her bread-sustenance
H3899-12 lachemam their bread-food
H3899-13 lachemekha your bread
H3899-14 lachemekhem your bread-sustenance
H3899-15 lachemenu our sustaining-bread
H3899-16 lachemi my bread
H3899-17 lachemo his sustenance-bread
H3899-18 lalachem for the bread
H3899-19 lalechem for the bread
H3898-08 lecham Devour!
H3899-20 lechem bread-food
H3898-09 lehilachem to wage devouring-battle
H3899-21 lelachem to bread (sustenance)
H3899-22 lelachemekha for your bread
H3899-23 lelechem for bread
H4421-06 lemilechamah for battle
H3898-10 lilechom to wage consuming-battle
H3898-11 lochamay those battling me
H3898-12 lochamim battling men
H3898-13 lochem battling one
H3899-24 milachemo from his bread-food
H4421-07 milechamah a battle
H4421-08 milechametah her battle-struggle
H4421-09 milechametam their battle-struggle
H4421-10 milechametekha your battle-struggle
H4421-11 milechametekhe your battle-struggle
H4421-12 milechameti my battle
H4421-13 milechameto his battle
H4421-14 milechamot fightings of
H4421-15 milechamotayv his fighting-battles
H4421-16 milechamotenu our fightings
H3899-25 milechem from bread-of
H4421-17 milechemet battle-of
H4421-18 mimilechamah from battle
H3898-14 nilachem let us engage ourselves in devouring-battle
H3898-15 nilecham he engaged in battle
H3898-16 nilechameti I have engaged myself in battle
H3898-17 nilechamim the battling men
H3898-18 nilechamu they engaged themselves in battle
H3898-19 nilechom to engage-in-battle
H3898-20 tilachamu you men will wage battle
H3898-21 tilachamun you men will engage in battle
H3898-22 tilachem she will wage devouring-battle
H3898-23 tilecham you will battle
H3898-24 ulechumey and the consumed ones of
H3898-25 ulehilachem and to engage-in-battle
H3899-26 ulelechem and for bread
H4421-19 umilechamah and battle
H4421-20 umilechamot and battles
H3899-27 uvalachem and with the bread
H4421-21 uvemilechamah and in battle
H4421-22 uvemilechamot and in fightings
H3899-28 valechem and bread-food
H4421-23 vamilechamah in the battle
H3898-26 vayilachamu and they engaged in devouring battle
H3898-27 vayilachamuni and they warred against me
H3898-28 vayilachem and he engaged in battle
H3899-29 vehalechem and the bread-food
H4421-24 vehamilechamah and the battle
H3898-29 vehilachamu and you (masculine plural) battled
H3898-30 vehilachem and you must engage in battle
H3899-30 velachami with my bread
H3903-01 velachemas and Lahmas (Food-Place)
H3899-31 velachemekha and your bread
H3899-32 velachemi and my bread-food
H3899-33 velachemo with his bread
H3899-34 velalechem and for the bread
H3899-35 velechem and bread
H4421-25 vemilechamah in the battle-fight
H3898-31 venilachamah and let us engage in battle
H3898-32 venilecham and he engaged in devouring-battle
H3898-33 venilechamenu and we will wage devouring-battle
H3898-34 venilechameta and you shall engage yourself in battle
H3898-35 venilechametem and you men will engage in devouring-battle
H3898-36 venilechameti and I engaged in battle
H3898-37 venilechamu and they engaged themselves in battle
H3899-36 vlhlchm and for the bread
H3898-38 yilachem he will engage in battle

Word Usage (319 occurrences of H4421)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 14:2 מִלְחָמָ֗ה milechamah war
Genesis 14:8 מִלְחָמָ֔ה milechamah battle
Exodus 1:10 מִלְחָמָה֙ milechamah war,
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