1 Kings 18:36:31 Kgs.18.36.W3TAB
הַמִּנְחָ֗ה
haminkha
“the grain offering”
- Transliteration
- ha-min-KHA
- Extended
- hah-mihn-KHAA
- IPA
- /ham.minˈħaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the grain offering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-min-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ba-a-LOT ha-min-KHA
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-a-LOT ha-min-KHA va-yig-GASH e-li-YA-hu ha-na-VI va-yo-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE av-ra-HAM yits-KHAK ve-yis-ra-EL ha-YOM yi-va-DA ki-a-TA e-lo-HIM be-yis-ra-EL va-a-NI av-DE-kha
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-a-LOT ha-min-KHA va-yig-GASH e-li-YA-hu ha-na-VI va-yo-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE av-ra-HAM yits-KHAK ve-yis-ra-EL ha-YOM yi-va-DA ki-a-TA e-lo-HIM be-yis-ra-EL va-a-NI av-DE-kha u-ve-dva-re-KHA u-vid-va-re-KHA a-SI-ti ET kal-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ba‘alot hamminchah {בַּעֲלוֹת הַמִּנְחָה | ba‘ă·lôt ham·min·ḥā} functions as a temporal setting for the evening offering ritual.
Root and etymology
m-n-ḥmem–nun–chet
“offering, gift”
In context — 1 Kings 18:36
When the offering time arrived, Elijah the prophet drew near and declared, “LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel , let it be recognized today that You alone are God in Israel and that I am Your servant , and by Your word I have carried out all these things.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:36:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 18:36, so the Hebrew word הַמִּנְחָ֗ה (haminkha) 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 Kgs.18.36.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.36.W3.S1) and character.