Deuteronomy 14:18:3Deut.14.18.W3TAB
לְמִינָ֑הּ
leminah
“of its kind”
- Transliteration
- le-mi-NAH
- Extended
- leh-mee-NAA
- IPA
- /ləmiˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of its kind
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-mi-NAH
- clause
ve-ha-kha-si-DAH ve-ha-a-na-FAH le-mi-NAH
- sentence
ve-ha-kha-si-DAH ve-ha-a-na-FAH le-mi-NAH ve-ha-du-ki-FAT ve-ha-a-ta-LEF
Exegesis
The construct phrase leminah {לְמִינָ֑הּ | lə-mî-nāh} ‘according to its kind’ functions as a genitival specification narrowing the category of herons, highlighting taxonomic classification. The repetitive vav-conjunction and ordinal structure create a rhythmic enumeration typical of Hebrew lists, which is mirrored in English by the repeated “and” and by translating ləmināh as “every kind of” in the dynamic rendering.
In context — Deuteronomy 14:18
And the stork , and the heron according to its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 14:18, so the Hebrew word לְמִינָ֑הּ (leminah) 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 Deut.14.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.18.W3.S1) and character.