עִיר ... עֹשָׂה עִמְּךָ מִלְחָמָה
A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post ) · a battle (i.e. the engagement ); generally, war (i.e. war-fare )
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עִיר H5892 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post )
מִלְחָמָה H4421 a battle (i.e. the engagement ); generally, war (i.e. war-fare )
What does עִיר ... עֹשָׂה עִמְּךָ מִלְחָמָה (ir ... oseh immekha milchamah) mean in the Bible?
עִיר · מִלְחָמָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post )".
Full entry for עִיר ... עֹשָׂה עִמְּךָ מִלְחָמָה (H5892, H4421) · Open the biblical lexicon
Meaning
Word Origins
עִיר ... עֹשָׂה עִמְּךָ מִלְחָמָה is built from this root:
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.