2 Chronicles 17:11:42 Chr.17.11.W4TAB
מִנְחָ֖ה
minkha
“a gift offering”
- Transliteration
- min-KHA
- Extended
- mihn-KHAA
- IPA
- /minˈħaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a 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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Word in context
- word
min-KHA
- clause
u-min-pe-LISH-tim me-vi-IM li-ye-ho-sha-FAT min-KHA ve-KHE-sef ma-SA
- sentence
u-min-pe-LISH-tim me-vi-IM li-ye-ho-sha-FAT min-KHA ve-KHE-sef ma-SA GAM ha-ar-vi-IM me-vi-IM LO TSON e-LIM shiv-AT a-la-FIM u-she-VA me-OT u-te-ya-SHIM shiv-AT a-la-FIM u-she-VA me-OT
Exegesis
The nouns minchah {מִנְחָה | min-ḥāh} ‘tribute’ and massa {מַשָּׂא | mas-sāʾ} ‘burden’ frame these gifts within a diplomatic context.
Root and etymology
m-n-ḥmem–nun–chet
“gift, offering”
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:11
And from the Philistines they brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat . Also the Arabians brought him flocks—seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred male goats.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 17:11, so the Hebrew word מִנְחָ֖ה (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 2 Chr.17.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.11.W4.S1) and character.