Numbers 15:14:9Num.15.14.W9TAB
רֵֽיחַ־נִיחֹ֖חַ
reiakhnikhoakh
“a pleasing aroma”
- Transliteration
- REI-akh-ni-KHO-akh
- Extended
- REI-ahkh-nee-KHOH-akh
- IPA
- /ˈreːaħ-niːˈxoːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a pleasing aroma
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
REI-akh-ni-KHO-akh
- phraseyour reading level
ish-SHEH REI-akh-ni-KHO-akh
- clause
ve-KHI-ya-GUR it-KHEM GER O a-SHER-be-to-KHEM le-do-ro-TEI-khem ve-a-SA ish-SHEH REI-akh-ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-KHI-ya-GUR it-KHEM GER O a-SHER-be-to-KHEM le-do-ro-TEI-khem ve-a-SA ish-SHEH REI-akh-ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH ka-a-SHER ta-a-SU KEN ya-a-SEH
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive wə-ʿā-śāh {וְעָשָׂ֛ה | wə-ʿā-śāh} ‘and he offers’ introduces the apodosis, governing the object ʾîš-še {אִשֵּׁ֥ה | ʾîš-še} ‘fire offering’ specified by the construct phrase rê-aḥ-nî-ḥō-aḥ {רֵֽיחַ־נִיחֹ֖חַ | rê-aḥ ni-ḥō-aḥ} ‘pleasing aroma.’
Root and etymology
r-w-ḥresh-vav-chet
“smell, scent”
In context — Numbers 15:14
And when a sojourner is among you in every generation and offers a fire offering with a pleasing aroma to the LORD , just as you do, so shall he do.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 15:14, so the Hebrew word רֵֽיחַ־נִיחֹ֖חַ (reiakhnikhoakh) 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 Num.15.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.14.W9.S1) and character.