Ezekiel 16:19:11Ezek.16.19.W11TAB
נִיחֹ֖חַ
nikhoakh
“of soothing, pleasing”
- Transliteration
- ni-KHO-akh
- Extended
- nih-KHOH-akh
- IPA
- /niˈħoː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- of soothing, pleasing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
ni-KHO-akh
- phraseyour reading level
le-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh
- clause
ve-lakh-MI a-sher-na-TAT-ti LAKH SO-let va-SHE-men u-de-VASH he-e-khal-TIKH u-ne-tat-TI-hu lif-ne-HEM le-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh va-ye-HI
- sentence
ve-lakh-MI a-sher-na-TAT-ti LAKH SO-let va-SHE-men u-de-VASH he-e-khal-TIKH u-ne-tat-TI-hu lif-ne-HEM le-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh va-ye-HI ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The phrase lə-rêyaḥ niḥoach {לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ | lə-rê-yaḥ ni-ḥō-aḥ} ‘for fragrance, pleasant aroma’ echoes sacrificial terminology.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-chnun–chet–chet
“pleasant aroma”
In context — Ezekiel 16:19
And my bread , which I gave to you—fine flour, oil, and honey with which I fed you—you set it before them as a pleasing aroma; and so it was, declares the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:19:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 16:19, so the Hebrew word נִיחֹ֖חַ (nikhoakh) 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 Ezek.16.19.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.19.W11.S1) and character.