Leviticus 2:7:1Lev.2.7.W1TAB
וְאִם־מִנְחַ֥ת
veimminkhat
“and if a grain offering”
- Transliteration
- ve-im-min-KHAT
- Extended
- veh-ihm-min-KHAHT
- IPA
- /wəʔim.minˈħaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and if a grain offering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-im-min-KHAT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-im-min-KHAT mar-KHE-shet
- clause
ve-im-min-KHAT mar-KHE-shet kor-ba-NE-kha
- sentence
ve-im-min-KHAT mar-KHE-shet kor-ba-NE-kha SO-let ba-SHE-men te-a-SEH
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conditional conjunction wə-ʾim {וְאִם־ | wə-ʾim} ‘and if,’ which establishes the protasis of this instruction.
It then links min-ḥat {מִנְחַת | min-ḥat} ‘grain offering’ and mar-ḥe-šet {מַרְחֶשֶׁת | mar-ḥe-šet} ‘pan’ in a construct chain that specifies the cooking vessel.
Root and etymology
Rootnun-chet-heh
“to offer, present offering”
In context — Leviticus 2:7
If your grain offering is made in a pan, it shall be prepared from fine flour with oil.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 2:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 2:7, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־מִנְחַ֥ת (veimminkhat) 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.2.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.2.7.W1.S1) and character.