1 Chronicles 18:2:81 Chr.18.2.W8TAB
מִנְחָֽה׃
minkha
“tribute or gift offering”
- Transliteration
- min-KHA
- Extended
- mihn-KHAA
- IPA
- /minˈħaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- tribute or gift offering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
min-KHA
- clause
va-yih-YU mo-AV a-va-DIM le-da-VID no-se-E min-KHA
- sentence
va-YAKH ET-mo-AV va-yih-YU mo-AV a-va-DIM le-da-VID no-se-E min-KHA
Exegesis
The participle nose’e {נֹשְׂאֵי | nōśḗʾî} in construct with minchah {מִנְחָה | mînḥấ} functions as a circumstantial clause specifying Moab’s role in bearing tribute. This structure—action, status, service—carries the narrative’s causal flow into English.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-hnun–chet–heh
“gift, offering”
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:2
And he struck down Moab, and Moab became servants to David , bringing tribute .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 18:2, so the Hebrew word מִנְחָֽה׃ (minkha) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.18.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.2.W8.S1) and character.