Numbers 15:24:14Num.15.24.W14TAB

נִיחֹ֙חַ֙

nikhoakh

“soothing”

Transliteration: ni-KHO-akh
Extended: nee-KHOH-akh
IPA: /niˈxoːaħ/

Meaning by language

English: soothing

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

נִי + חֹ֙ + חַ֙

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ni + kho + akh

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nikhoakh

Alphabet Analysis

	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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
ni-KHO-akh
phraseyour reading level
le-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh
clause
ve-ha-YA IM me-ey-NEI ha-e-DA ne-es-TA lish-ga-GA ve-a-SU kol-ha-e-DA PAR ben-ba-KAR e-KHAD le-o-LA le-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH u-min-kha-TO ve-nis-KO ka-mish-PAT
sentence
ve-ha-YA IM me-ey-NEI ha-e-DA ne-es-TA lish-ga-GA ve-a-SU kol-ha-e-DA PAR ben-ba-KAR e-KHAD le-o-LA le-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH u-min-kha-TO ve-nis-KO ka-mish-PAT u-se-IR-iz-ZIM e-KHAD le-khat-TAT

Exegesis

The sequence of offerings is structured by prepositional phrases: le’olah lere’ach nichoach {לְעֹלָה לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ | le-ʿô-lāh le-rê-yaḥ ni-ḥō-aḥ} ‘for a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma’, la-YHWH {לַיהוָה | la-YHWH} ‘to the LORD’, uminchato venisko {וּמִנְחָת֥וֹ וְנִסְכּ֖וֹ | u-min-ḥā-thô wə-nis-kô} ‘and its grain offering and its drink offering’, kamishpat {כַּמִּשְׁפָּט | ka-miš-pāṭ} ‘according to the ordinance’, and use’ir-izzim echad lechatat {וּשְׂעִיר־עִזִּים אֶחָד לְחַטָּאת | u-sə-ʿîr-ʿiz-zîm ʾe-ḥād le-ḥaṭ-ṭā-ʾat} ‘and one male goat for a sin offering’. The English order preserves Hebrew legal sequencing while clarifying meaning.

Root and etymology

n-w-ḥnun-vav-ḥeth

“soothing”

In context — Numbers 15:24

And it shall be, if it has been done unintentionally from the eyes of the congregation, then all the congregation shall present one bull, a son of the herd, for a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to the LORD , with its grain offering and its drink offering according to the ordinance , and one male goat for a sin offering.

About this coordinate

Numbers 15:24:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 15:24, so the Hebrew word נִיחֹ֙חַ֙ (nikhoakh) 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.15.24.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.24.W14.S1) and character.

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