Ezekiel 20:41:2Ezek.20.41.W2TAB
נִיחֹחַ֮
nikhoakh
“of soothing”
- Transliteration
- ni-KHO-akh
- Extended
- nih-KHOH-akh
- IPA
- /niˈħoː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- of soothing
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
be-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh
- sentence
be-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh e-RTSE et-KHEM be-ho-TSI-i et-KHEM min-ha-a-MIM ve-ki-BATS-ti et-KHEM min-ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER ne-fo-TSO-tem BAM ve-nik-da-SHTI ba-KHEM le-e-NE ha-go-YIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with a ritual metaphor bere’ach nichoach {בְּרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ | bə-rē-aḥ nî-ḥō-aḥ} ‘as a pleasing fragrance’, drawing on sacrificial language in Leviticus.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-ḥnun–ḥêt–ḥêt
“to rest, be pleasing”
In context — Ezekiel 20:41
I will accept you as a pleasing fragrance when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you have been scattered, and I will be sanctified in you before the eyes of the nations.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:41:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 20:41, so the Hebrew word נִיחֹחַ֮ (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.20.41.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.41.W2.S1) and character.