Leviticus 2:6:7Lev.2.6.W7TAB
מִנְחָ֖ה
minkhaa
“grain offering”
- Transliteration
- min-KHAA
- Extended
- min-KHAA
- IPA
- /minˈħaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- grain 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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The word
Word in context
- word
min-KHAA
- clause
min-KHAA HI
- sentence
pah-TOT oh-TAH pit-TEEM veh-yah-tsak-TAH ah-LEY-yah SHA-men min-KHAA HI
Exegesis
The copular clause minchah hi {מִנְחָ֖ה | min-ḥā(h) hî} identifies the act as a grain offering. This sequence of imperatives joined by vav-consecutive underscores a step-by-step ritual procedure.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-hn-ḥ-h
“gift, tribute”
In context — Leviticus 2:6
You shall break it into pieces and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 2:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 2:6, so the Hebrew word מִנְחָ֖ה (minkhaa) 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 Lev.2.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.2.6.W7.S1) and character.