Numbers 15:6:4Num.15.6.W4TAB
מִנְחָ֔ה
minkha
“a grain offering”
- Transliteration
- min-KHA
- Extended
- min-KHAH
- IPA
- /minˈħaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a 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-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ta-a-SEH min-KHA
- clause
OH la-A-yil ta-a-SEH min-KHA SO-let she-NEI e-sro-NIM
- sentence
OH la-A-yil ta-a-SEH min-KHA SO-let she-NEI e-sro-NIM be-lu-LA va-SHE-men she-li-SHEET ha-HIN
Exegesis
The construct chain minchah solet {מִנְחָה סֹלֶת | minḥāh ṣōleṯ} ‘grain offering of fine flour’ specifies the offering, quantified by the dual construct shnei esronim {שְׁנֵי עֶשְׂרֹנִים | šənê ʿeśrōnîm} ‘two tenths’, followed by the Pual participle belulah {בְּלוּלָ֥ה | bəlulāh} ‘mixed’ and the prepositional phrase baššēmen {בַשֶּׁמֶן | baššēmen} ‘with oil’.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-hnun-ḥet-het
“to offer”
In context — Numbers 15:6
Or, for a ram you shall prepare a grain offering of fine flour —two tenths of an ephah—mixed with oil, a third of a hin .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 15:6, so the Hebrew word מִנְחָ֔ה (minkha) 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.15.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.6.W4.S1) and character.