Word Study · Strong's H3898 · Hebrew
לָחַם
lacham
law-kham'
Strong's 1890 spelling: lâcham
“to feed on”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
Rendered in the KJV as
devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
- 177occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 18 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 98inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 177 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 98
- וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם10
- לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם10
- וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּ7
- לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם7
- וַיִּלָּ֣חֶם5
- לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם5
- נִלְחָ֖ם5
- וַיִּלָּ֥חֶם4
- לְהִלָּחֵם֙4
- נִלְחָמִ֣ים4
- בְּהִלָּ֣חֲמ֔וֹ3
- וַיִּלָּחֲמ֣וּ3
and 86 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 66
- to fight21
- and he fought13
- and they fought10
- to do battle9
- he waged war6
- they fought6
- to wage war6
- [are] fighting5
- and he engaged in battle5
- and they will fight5
- and fight4
- fighting4
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 41
- preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)42
- Hc/VNw3ms20
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular16
- Hc/VNw3mp15
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural8
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common plural7
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular7
- Hc/VNq3cp6
- Hc/VNq3ms5
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural5
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common plural4
- preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/VNcc · 42
- Hc/VNw3ms · 20
- HVNp3ms · 16
- Hc/VNw3mp · 15
- HVNrmpa · 8
- HVNp3cp · 7
- HVNrmsa · 7
- Hc/VNq3cp · 6
- Hc/VNq3ms · 5
- HVNi2mp · 5
- HC/VNc1cp · 4
- HR/VNcc/Sp3ms · 3
All 177, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Judges31 of 177 · 18%
- 1 Samuel21 of 177 · 12%
- Joshua17 of 177 · 10%
- Jeremiah16 of 177 · 9%
- 2 Chronicles15 of 177 · 8%
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Exodus6 occurrences
- Exodus 1:10וְנִלְחַם־venilcham-Hc/VNq3msCome, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”here: and it will fight
- Exodus 14:14יִלָּחֵ֣םyilachemverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularThe LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”here: he will fight
- Exodus 14:25נִלְחָ֥םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”here: [is] fighting
- Exodus 17:8וַיִּלָּ֥חֶםvaiyilachemHc/VNw3msAfter this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.here: and it joined battle
- Exodus 17:9הִלָּחֵ֣םhilachemverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singularSo Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”here: fight
- Exodus 17:10לְהִלָּחֵ֖םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.here: by fighting
Numbers4 occurrences
- Numbers 21:1וַיִּלָּ֙חֶם֙vaiyilachemHc/VNw3msWhen the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners.here: and he engaged in battle
- Numbers 21:23וַיִּלָּ֖חֶםvaiyilachemHc/VNw3msBut Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.here: and he engaged in battle
- Numbers 21:26נִלְחַ֗םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHeshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon.here: he had waged war
- Numbers 22:11לְהִלָּ֥חֶםlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)‘Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them away.’”here: to engage in battle
Deuteronomy8 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 1:30יִלָּחֵ֣םyilachemverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularThe LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypthere: he will fight
- Deuteronomy 1:41וְנִלְחַ֔מְנוּvenilchamnuHc/VNq1cp“We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.here: and we will fight
- Deuteronomy 1:42תִלָּ֣חֲמ֔וּtilachamuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralBut the LORD said to me, “Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from defeat by your enemies.”here: you must fight
- Deuteronomy 3:22הַנִּלְחָ֥םhanilchamthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularDo not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”here: [is] the [one who] will fight
- Deuteronomy 20:4לְהִלָּחֵ֥םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”here: to fight
- Deuteronomy 20:10לְהִלָּחֵ֖םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.here: to fight
- Deuteronomy 20:19לְֽהִלָּחֵ֧םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?here: to fight
- Deuteronomy 32:24וּלְחֻ֥מֵיulechumeiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.here: and [people] consumed of
Joshua17 occurrences
- Joshua 9:2לְהִלָּחֵ֥םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.here: to wage war
- Joshua 10:5וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּvaiyilachamuHc/VNw3mpSo the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.here: and they waged war
- Joshua 10:14נִלְחָ֖םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThere has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man, because the LORD fought for Israel.here: [was] fighting
- Joshua 10:25נִלְחָמִ֥יםnilchamimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural“Do not be afraid or discouraged,” Joshua said. “Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will do this to all the enemies you fight.”here: [are] fighting
- Joshua 10:29וַיִּלָּ֖חֶםvaiyilachemHc/VNw3msThen Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.here: and he engaged in battle
- Joshua 10:31וַיִּלָּ֖חֶםvaiyilachemHc/VNw3msAnd Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it.here: and he engaged in battle
- Joshua 10:34וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּvaiyilachamuHc/VNw3mpSo Joshua moved on from Lachish to Eglon, and all Israel with him. They laid siege to it and fought against it.here: and they engaged in battle
- Joshua 10:36וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּvaiyilachamuHc/VNw3mpThen Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.here: and they engaged in battle
- Joshua 10:38וַיִּלָּ֖חֶםvaiyilachemHc/VNw3msFinally Joshua and all Israel with him turned toward Debir and fought against it.here: and he engaged in battle
- Joshua 10:42נִלְחָ֖םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.here: [was] fighting
- Joshua 11:5לְהִלָּחֵ֖םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)All these kings joined forces and encamped at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.here: to wage war
- Joshua 19:47וַיִּלָּחֲמ֨וּvaiyilachamuHc/VNw3mp(Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.)here: and they waged war
- Joshua 23:3הַנִּלְחָ֥םhanilchamthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular“and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you.here: [is] the [one who] has been fighting
- Joshua 23:10הַנִּלְחָ֣םhanilchamthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularOne of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.here: [is] the [one who] fights
- Joshua 24:8וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּvaiyilachamuHc/VNw3mpLater, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.here: and they fought
- Joshua 24:9וַיִּלָּ֖חֶםvaiyilachemHc/VNw3msThen Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,here: and he fought
- Joshua 24:11וַיִּלָּחֲמ֣וּvaiyilachamuHc/VNw3mpAfter this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.here: and they fought
Judges31 occurrences
- Judges 1:1לְהִלָּ֥חֶםlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”here: to engage in battle
- Judges 1:3וְנִֽלָּחֲמָה֙venilachamahconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluralThen the men of Judah said to their brothers the Simeonites, “Come up with us to our allotted territory, and let us fight against the Canaanites. And we likewise will go with you to your territory.” So the Simeonites went with them.here: so let us fight
- Judges 1:5וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּvaiyilachamuHc/VNw3mpAnd there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.here: and they fought
- Judges 1:8וַיִּלָּחֲמ֤וּvaiyilachamuHc/VNw3mpThen the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.here: and they fought
- Judges 1:9לְהִלָּחֵ֖םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)Afterward, the men of Judah marched down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the foothills.here: to fight
- Judges 5:19נִלְחָ֔מוּnilchamuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralKings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.here: they fought
- Judges 5:19נִלְחֲמוּ֙nilchamuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralKings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.here: they fought
- Judges 5:20נִלְחָ֑מוּnilchamuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralFrom the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.here: they fought
- Judges 5:20נִלְחֲמ֖וּnilchamuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralFrom the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.here: they fought
- Judges 8:1לְהִלָּחֵ֣םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.here: to fight
- Judges 9:17נִלְחַ֥םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularfor my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,here: he fought
- Judges 9:38וְהִלָּ֥חֶםvehilachemconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singular“Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”here: and fight
- Judges 9:39וַיִּלָּ֖חֶםvaiyilachemHc/VNw3msSo Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,here: and he fought
- Judges 9:45נִלְחָ֣םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAnd all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.here: [was] fighting
- Judges 9:52וַיִּלָּ֖חֶםvaiyilachemHc/VNw3msWhen Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.here: and he fought
- Judges 10:9לְהִלָּחֵ֛םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.here: to fight
- Judges 10:18לְהִלָּחֵ֖םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”here: to fight
- Judges 11:4וַיִּלָּחֲמ֥וּvaiyilachamuHc/VNw3mpSome time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israelhere: and they fought
- Judges 11:5נִלְחֲמ֥וּnilchamuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluraland made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.here: they fought
- Judges 11:6וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֖הvenilachamahconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common plural“Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”here: so let us fight
- Judges 11:8וְנִלְחַמְתָּ֖venilchamtaHc/VNq2msThey answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”here: and you will fight
- Judges 11:9לְהִלָּחֵם֙lehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”here: to fight
- Judges 11:12לְהִלָּחֵ֥םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”here: to wage war
- Judges 11:20וַיִּלָּ֖חֶםvaiyilachemHc/VNw3msBut Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.here: and he fought
- Judges 11:25נִלְחֹ֥םnilchomverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive absoluteAre you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?here: ever to wage war
- Judges 11:25נִלְחַ֖םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAre you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?here: did he wage war
- Judges 11:27לְהִלָּ֣חֶםlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by waging war against me. May the LORD, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”here: by waging war
- Judges 11:32לְהִלָּ֣חֶםlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hand.here: to fight
- Judges 12:1לְהִלָּחֵ֣םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”here: to wage war
- Judges 12:3לְהִלָּ֥חֶםlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)When I saw that you would not save me, I risked my life and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come today to fight against me?”here: to fight
- Judges 12:4וַיִּלָּ֖חֶםvaiyilachemHc/VNw3msJephthah then gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh.”here: and he fought
1 Samuel21 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 4:9וְנִלְחַמְתֶּֽם׃venilchamtemHc/VNq2mpTake courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”here: and you will fight
- 1 Samuel 4:10וַיִּלָּחֲמ֣וּvaiyilachamuHc/VNw3mpSo the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.here: and they fought
- 1 Samuel 8:20וְנִלְחַ֖םvenilchamHc/VNq3msThen we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”here: and he will fight
- 1 Samuel 12:9וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּvaiyilachamuHc/VNw3mpBut they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.here: and they fought
- 1 Samuel 13:5לְהִלָּחֵ֣םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.here: to fight
- 1 Samuel 14:47וַיִּלָּ֣חֶםvaiyilachemHc/VNw3msAfter Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.here: and he waged war
- 1 Samuel 15:18וְנִלְחַמְתָּ֣venilchamtaHc/VNq2msand sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’here: and you will wage war
- 1 Samuel 17:9לְהִלָּחֵ֤םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and labor for us.”here: to fight
- 1 Samuel 17:10וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֖הvenilachamahconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluralThen the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”here: so let us fight
- 1 Samuel 17:19נִלְחָמִ֖יםnilchamimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThey are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”here: fighting
- 1 Samuel 17:32וְנִלְחַ֖םvenilchamHc/VNq3msAnd David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”here: and he will fight
- 1 Samuel 17:33לְהִלָּחֵ֖םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”here: to fight
- 1 Samuel 18:17וְהִלָּחֵ֖םvehilachemconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singularThen Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”here: and fight
- 1 Samuel 19:8וַיִּלָּ֣חֶםvaiyilachemHc/VNw3msWhen war broke out again, David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.here: and he fought
- 1 Samuel 23:1נִלְחָמִ֣יםnilchamimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralNow it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”here: [are] fighting
- 1 Samuel 23:5וַיִּלָּ֣חֶםvaiyilachemHc/VNw3msThen David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.here: and he fought
- 1 Samuel 25:28נִלְחָ֔םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularPlease forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.here: [is] fighting
- 1 Samuel 28:1לְהִלָּחֵ֖םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.”here: to fight
- 1 Samuel 28:15נִלְחָמִ֣יםnilchamimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThen Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”here: [are] fighting
- 1 Samuel 29:8וְנִלְחַ֔מְתִּיvenilchamtiHc/VNq1cs“But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”here: and I will fight
- 1 Samuel 31:1נִלְחָמִ֣יםnilchamimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralNow the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.here: [were] fighting
2 Samuel9 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 2:28לְהִלָּחֵֽם׃lehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)So Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.here: to wage war
- 2 Samuel 8:10נִלְחַ֤םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularhe sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,here: he had waged war
- 2 Samuel 10:17וַיִּלָּחֲמ֖וּvaiyilachamuHc/VNw3mpWhen this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and went to Helam. Then the Arameans arrayed themselves against David and fought against him.here: and they did battle
- 2 Samuel 11:17וַיִּלָּחֲמ֣וּvaiyilachamuHc/VNw3mpAnd when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.here: and they fought
- 2 Samuel 11:20לְהִלָּחֵ֑םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?here: to fight
- 2 Samuel 12:26וַיִּלָּ֣חֶםvaiyilachemHc/VNw3msMeanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.here: and he fought
- 2 Samuel 12:27נִלְחַ֣מְתִּיnilchamtiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularThen Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.here: I have fought
- 2 Samuel 12:29וַיִּלָּ֥חֶםvaiyilachemHc/VNw3msSo David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; and he fought against it and captured it.here: and he fought
- 2 Samuel 21:15וַיִּלָּחֲמ֥וּvaiyilachamuHc/VNw3mpOnce again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines; but David became exhausted.here: and they fought
1 Kings9 occurrences
- 1 Kings 12:21לְהִלָּחֵם֙lehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.here: to do battle
- 1 Kings 12:24תִלָּ֨חֲמ֜וּןtilachamunverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nunthat this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD.here: you must do battle !
- 1 Kings 14:19נִלְחַ֖םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAs for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he waged war and how he reigned, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.here: he waged war
- 1 Kings 20:1וַיִּלָּ֖חֶםvaiyilachemHc/VNw3msNow Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.here: and he fought
- 1 Kings 20:23נִלָּחֵ֤םnilachemverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common pluralMeanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.here: let us do battle
- 1 Kings 20:25וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֤הvenilachamahconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluralAnd you must raise an army like the one you have lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight the Israelites on the plain, where we will surely prevail.” And the king approved their plan and acted accordingly.here: and let us fight
- 1 Kings 22:31תִּלָּ֣חֲמ֔וּtilachamuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralNow the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”here: you must do battle
- 1 Kings 22:32לְהִלָּחֵ֑םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely this is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.here: to do battle
- 1 Kings 22:45נִלְחָ֑םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAs for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, along with the might he exercised and how he waged war, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?here: he waged war
2 Kings12 occurrences
- 2 Kings 3:21לְהִלָּ֣חֶםlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border.here: to fight
- 2 Kings 6:8נִלְחָ֖םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularNow the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”here: fighting
- 2 Kings 8:29בְּהִלָּ֣חֲמ֔וֹbehilachamopreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularSo King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.here: when fought he
- 2 Kings 9:15בְּהִלָּ֣חֲמ֔וֹbehilachamopreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularbut King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”here: when fought he
- 2 Kings 10:3וְהִֽלָּחֲמ֖וּvehilachamuconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralselect the best and most worthy son of your master, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”here: and fight
- 2 Kings 12:17וַיִּלָּ֥חֶםvaiyilachemHc/VNw3msAt that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.here: and he fought
- 2 Kings 13:12נִלְחַ֔םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAs for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with all his accomplishments and his might, including his war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?here: he waged war
- 2 Kings 14:15נִלְחַ֔םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAs for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with his accomplishments, his might, and how he waged war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?here: he waged war
- 2 Kings 14:28נִלְחָ֔םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAs for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, along with all his accomplishments and might, and how he waged war and recovered both Damascus and Hamath for Israel from Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?here: he waged war
- 2 Kings 16:5לְהִלָּחֵֽם׃lehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.here: to do battle
- 2 Kings 19:8נִלְחָ֖םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularWhen the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.here: fighting
- 2 Kings 19:9לְהִלָּחֵ֣םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,here: to do battle
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 10:1נִלְחֲמ֣וּnilchamuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralNow the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.here: they fought
- 1 Chronicles 18:10נִלְחַ֤םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularhe sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,here: he had fought
- 1 Chronicles 19:17וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּvaiyilachamuHc/VNw3mpWhen this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, advanced toward the Arameans, and arrayed for battle against them. When David lined up to engage them in battle, they fought against him.here: and they fought
2 Chronicles15 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 11:1לְהִלָּחֵם֙lehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.here: to do battle
- 2 Chronicles 11:4תִלָּ֨חֲמ֜וּtilachamuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralthat this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.here: you must do battle
- 2 Chronicles 13:12תִּלָּֽחֲמ֛וּtilachamuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluralNow behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”here: you do battle
- 2 Chronicles 17:10נִלְחֲמ֖וּnilchamuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralAnd the dread of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that surrounded Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.here: they waged war
- 2 Chronicles 18:30תִּלָּ֣חֲמ֔וּtilachamuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralNow the king of Aram had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”here: you must do battle
- 2 Chronicles 18:31לְהִלָּחֵ֑םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “This is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him.here: to fight
- 2 Chronicles 20:17לְהִלָּחֵ֣םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.’”here: to fight
- 2 Chronicles 20:29נִלְחַ֣םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd the fear of God came upon all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel.here: he had fought
- 2 Chronicles 22:6בְּהִלָּ֣חֲמ֔וֹbehilachamopreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularso he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.here: when fought he
- 2 Chronicles 26:6וַיִּלָּ֣חֶםvaiyilachemHc/VNw3msUzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.here: and he fought
- 2 Chronicles 27:5נִלְחַ֞םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularJotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.here: he waged war
- 2 Chronicles 32:8וּלְהִלָּחֵ֖םulehilachemconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.here: and to fight
- 2 Chronicles 35:20לְהִלָּחֵ֥םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Neco king of Egypt marched up to fight at Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to confront him.here: to do battle
- 2 Chronicles 35:22לְהִלָּחֵֽם־lehilachem-preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him on the Plain of Megiddo.here: to fight
- 2 Chronicles 35:22לְהִלָּחֵ֖םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him on the Plain of Megiddo.here: to do battle
Nehemiah3 occurrences
- Nehemiah 4:8לְהִלָּחֵ֣םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)and all of them conspired to come and fight against Jerusalem and create a hindrance.here: to wage war
- Nehemiah 4:14וְהִֽלָּחֲמ֗וּvehilachamuconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralAfter I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”here: and fight
- Nehemiah 4:20יִלָּ֥חֶםyilachemverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularWherever you hear the sound of the horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!”here: he will fight
Psalms6 occurrences
- Psalms 35:1לְ֝חַ֗םlechamverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularContend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.here: fight
- Psalms 35:1לֹֽחֲמָֽי׃lochamaiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularContend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.here: [those who] fight with me
- Psalms 56:1לֹחֵ֥םlochemverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularBe merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.here: [one who] fights
- Psalms 56:2לֹחֲמִ֖יםlochamimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralMy enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.here: [are] fighting
- Psalms 109:3וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֥וּנִיvaiyilachamuniHc/VNw3mp/Sp1bsThey surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.here: and they have fought against me
- Psalms 141:4אֶ֝לְחַ֗םʾelchamverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularDo not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.here: I will eat
Proverbs4 occurrences
- Proverbs 4:17לָ֭חֲמוּlachamuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralFor they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.here: they eat
- Proverbs 9:5לַחֲמ֣וּlachamuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural“Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.here: eat
- Proverbs 23:1לִלְח֣וֹםlilchompreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,here: to eat
- Proverbs 23:6תִּלְחַ֗םtilchamverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singularDo not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;here: you eat
Isaiah7 occurrences
- Isaiah 7:1לְהִלָּחֵ֥םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.here: to engage in battle
- Isaiah 19:2וְנִלְחֲמ֥וּvenilchamuHc/VNq3cp“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.here: and they will fight
- Isaiah 20:1וַיִּלָּ֥חֶםvaiyilachemHc/VNw3msBefore the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,here: and he fought
- Isaiah 30:32נִלְחַם־nilcham-verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons brandished.here: he will fight
- Isaiah 37:8נִלְחָ֖םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularWhen the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.here: fighting
- Isaiah 37:9לְהִלָּחֵ֣םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,here: to do battle
- Isaiah 63:10נִלְחַם־nilcham-verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularBut they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.here: he fought
Jeremiah16 occurrences
- Jeremiah 1:19וְנִלְחֲמ֥וּvenilchamuHc/VNq3cpThey will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.here: and they will fight
- Jeremiah 15:20וְנִלְחֲמ֥וּvenilchamuHc/VNq3cpThen I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.here: and people will fight
- Jeremiah 21:2נִלְחָ֣םnilchamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular“Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.”here: [is] waging war
- Jeremiah 21:4נִלְחָמִ֣יםnilchamimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralthis is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.here: [are] fighting
- Jeremiah 21:5וְנִלְחַמְתִּ֤יvenilchamtiHc/VNq1csAnd I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath.here: and I will fight
- Jeremiah 32:5תִֽלָּחֲמ֛וּtilachamuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralHe will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.’”here: you will fight
- Jeremiah 32:24הַנִּלְחָמִ֣יםhanilchamimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralSee how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!here: who are fighting
- Jeremiah 32:29הַנִּלְחָמִים֙hanilchamimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralAnd the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.here: who are fighting
- Jeremiah 33:5לְהִלָּחֵם֙lehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness.here: to fight
- Jeremiah 34:1נִלְחָמִ֧יםnilchamimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThis is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.here: [were] fighting
- Jeremiah 34:7נִלְחָמִים֙nilchamimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralas the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.here: [were] fighting
- Jeremiah 34:22וְנִלְחֲמ֣וּvenilchamuHc/VNq3cpBehold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”here: and they will fight
- Jeremiah 37:8וְנִלְחֲמ֖וּvenilchamuHc/VNq3cpThen the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.here: and they will fight
- Jeremiah 37:10הַנִּלְחָמִ֣יםhanilchamimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralIndeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”here: who are fighting
- Jeremiah 41:12לְהִלָּחֵ֖םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. And they found him near the great pool in Gibeon.here: to do battle
- Jeremiah 51:30לְהִלָּחֵ֗םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.here: to fight
Daniel2 occurrences
- Daniel 10:20לְהִלָּחֵ֖םlehilachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)“Do you know why I have come to you?” he said. “I must return at once to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I have gone forth, behold, the prince of Greece will come.here: to engage in battle
- Daniel 11:11וְנִלְחַ֥םvenilchamHc/VNq3msIn a rage, the king of the South will march out to fight the king of the North, who will raise a large army, but it will be delivered into the hand of his enemy.here: and he will engage in battle
Zechariah4 occurrences
- Zechariah 10:5וְנִ֨לְחֲמ֔וּvenilchamuHc/VNq3cpThey will be like mighty men in battle,trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets.They will fight because the LORD is with them,and they will put the horsemen to shame.here: and they will fight
- Zechariah 14:3וְנִלְחַ֖םvenilchamHc/VNq3msThen the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.here: and he will fight
- Zechariah 14:3הִֽלָּחֲמ֖וhilachamoverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThen the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.here: fought he
- Zechariah 14:14תִּלָּחֵ֖םtilachemverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singularJudah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected—gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance.here: it will fight