Judges 13:23:11Judg.13.23.W11TAB
וּמִנְחָ֔ה
uminkha
“and a grain offering”
- Transliteration
- u-min-KHA
- Extended
- oo-mihn-KHAA
- IPA
- /uːminˈħaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a grain offering
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
u-min-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
o-LA u-min-KHA
- clause
va-to-MER LO ish-TO LU kha-FETS Ye-ho-VAH la-ha-mi-TE-nu lo-la-KAKH mi-ya-DE-nu o-LA u-min-KHA ve-LO he-re-NU et-kol-E-le
- sentence
va-to-MER LO ish-TO LU kha-FETS Ye-ho-VAH la-ha-mi-TE-nu lo-la-KAKH mi-ya-DE-nu o-LA u-min-KHA ve-LO he-re-NU et-kol-E-le ve-kha-ET LO hish-mi-A-nu ka-ZOT
Exegesis
The sacrificial terms olah {עֹלָה | ʿō-lā} and minchah {מִנְחָה | min-ḥā} are subordinated under the negated perfect lo-lakakh {לֹא־לָקַח | lō-lā-qāḥ} “did not take,” underscoring divine restraint.
Root and etymology
Rootn-ḥ-h
“gift, offering”
In context — Judges 13:23
And his wife said to him, “If the LORD had desired to kill us, He would not have taken a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hand, nor would He have shown us all these things, nor at this time have caused us to hear such things.”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:23:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 13:23, so the Hebrew word וּמִנְחָ֔ה (uminkha) 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 Judg.13.23.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.23.W11.S1) and character.