מלחמה
Hebrew
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ל־ח־ם (l-kh-m) |
Etymology
editCognate to Arabic مَلْحَمة (malḥama, “bloody battle, war”). While the ל־ח־ם (l-ḥ-m) root in Hebrew relates to “bread”, the Arabic ل ح م (l ḥ m) and the original Proto-Semitic *laḥm- are more closely associated with “meat”.
Noun
editמִלְחָמָה • (milkhamá) f (plural indefinite מִלְחָמוֹת, singular construct מִלְחֶמֶת־, plural construct מִלְחֲמוֹת־)
- (countable or uncountable) war, battle
- 6th century BCE, Book of Isaiah:
- לא ישא גוי אל גוי חרב ולא ילמדו עוד מלחמה
- Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor will they learn war anymore.
- 1870, Sefer Milkhama be-shalom:
- וכה ארכו ימי המלחמה בכל הארצות.
- And so the days of war continued in all the lands.
- 2019 April 9, Samah Salaime, “מי תהיה הנרצחת הבאה? הרולטה של 2019 התחילה להסתובב [Who will be the next murder victim? The 2019 roulette begins to spin.]”, in HaMakom HaKi Kham b'Geyhinom[1]:
- למלחמה ברצח נשים ואלימות מגדרית יש פתרונות, חלקם קיימים ומתוקצבים - אבל הכסף לא עובר ונשים ממשיכות למות: יהודיות, מהגרות, ובעיקר נשים ערביות.
- There are solutions to the war against the murder of women and gender violence, some of which exist and are budgeted - but the money does not pass and women continue to die: Jewish women, migrant women, and especially Arab women.
Derived terms
edit- כִּי בְתַחְבֻּלוֹת תַּעֲשֶׂה לְּךָ מִלְחָמָה (ki vətaḥbulót ta'asé ləchá milḥamá)
- מִלְחֶמֶת אֶזְרָחִים (milkhémet ezrakhím)
- מַצַּב מִלְחָמָה (matsáv milkhamá)
- פּוֹשֵׁעַ מִלְחָמָה (poshé'a milkhamá)
- פֶּשַׁע מִלְחָמָה (pésha' milkhamá)
Related terms
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editYiddish
editAlternative forms
edit- מילכאָמע (milkhome) — Soviet phonetic spelling
Etymology
editFrom Hebrew מִלְחָמָה (milkhamá).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editמלחמה • (milkhome) f, plural מלחמות (milkhomes)
Synonyms
edit- קריג (krig)
Derived terms
edit- מלחמה־דעקלאַראַציע (milkhome-deklaratsye)
- וועלט־מלחמה (velt-milkhome)
- ערשטע וועלט־מלחמה (ershte velt-milkhome)
- צווייטע וועלט־מלחמה (tsveyte velt-milkhome)
- נאָכמלחנהדיק (nokhmilkhomedik)
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- Hebrew terms belonging to the root ל־ח־ם
- Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew nouns
- Hebrew feminine nouns
- Hebrew countable nouns
- Hebrew uncountable nouns
- Hebrew terms with quotations
- Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew
- Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew
- Yiddish terms derived from the Hebrew root ל־ח־ם
- Yiddish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish nouns
- Yiddish feminine nouns