Nehemiah 13:5:9Neh.13.5.W9TAB

אֶת־הַמִּנְחָ֨ה

ethaminkha

“{direct object} the grain offering”

Transliteration: et-ha-min-kha
Extended: eht-hah-mihn-khah
IPA: /ʔɛt.hamm inˈħaː/

Meaning by language

English: {direct object} the grain offering

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

אֶת + הַ + מִּנְ + חָ֨ה

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et + ha + min + kha

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ethaminkha

Alphabet Analysis

	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Tav	t as in top
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	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
et-ha-min-kha
phraseyour reading level
et-ha-min-kha hal-le-vo-NA
clause
va-ya-AS LO lish-ke-KA ge-do-LA ve-SHAM ha-YU le-fa-NIM no-te-NIM et-ha-min-kha hal-le-vo-NA ve-ha-ke-LIM u-ma-se-AR ha-da-GAN ha-ti-ROSH ve-ha-yits-HAR mits-VAT hal-ve-YIM ve-ha-me-sho-re-RIM ve-ha-sho-a-RIM
sentence
va-ya-AS LO lish-ke-KA ge-do-LA ve-SHAM ha-YU le-fa-NIM no-te-NIM et-ha-min-kha hal-le-vo-NA ve-ha-ke-LIM u-ma-se-AR ha-da-GAN ha-ti-ROSH ve-ha-yits-HAR mits-VAT hal-ve-YIM ve-ha-me-sho-re-RIM ve-ha-sho-a-RIM u-te-ru-MAT ha-ko-ha-NIM

Exegesis

The direct object phrase ʾet-hammînaḥâ hallĕbônâ wə-hakkēlîm {אֶת־הַמִּנְחָ֨ה הַלְּבוֹנָ֜ה וְהַכֵּלִ֗ים | ʾet-hammînaḥâ hallĕbônâ wə-hakkēlîm} enumerates cultic offerings and vessels with the particle ʾet marking definiteness.

Root and etymology

mem–nun–ḥetm–n–ḥ

“gift offering”

In context — Nehemiah 13:5

And he made for him a large chamber , and there they formerly laid the grain offering, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithe of grain, the new wine, and the oil—the allotted share for the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the contribution for the priests.

About this coordinate

Nehemiah 13:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Nehemiah 13:5, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַמִּנְחָ֨ה (ethaminkha) 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 Neh.13.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.5.W9.S1) and character.

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