Numbers 15:9:3Num.15.9.W3TAB
מִנְחָ֔ה
minkhah
“a grain offering”
- Transliteration
- min-KHAH
- 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-KHAH
- clause
ve-hik-RIV al-BEN-ha-ba-KAR min-KHAH SO-let she-lo-SHAH es-ro-NEEM
- sentence
ve-hik-RIV al-BEN-ha-ba-KAR min-KHAH SO-let she-lo-SHAH es-ro-NEEM ba-LOOL ba-SHE-men kha-TSEE ha-HEEN
Exegesis
The construct chain minchah solet sheloshah esronim {מִנְחָה סֹלֶת שְׁלֹשָׁה עֶשְׂרֹנִים | min-ḥā so-leṯ šə-lô-šā ʿe-sro-nîm} ‘grain offering of fine flour, three tenths’ conveys a precise fractional measure.
Root and etymology
נ־ח־ה
“offering; tribute”
In context — Numbers 15:9
And he shall bring with the bull a grain offering of fine flour—three tenths of an ephah—mixed with oil, half a hin.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 15:9, so the Hebrew word מִנְחָ֔ה (minkhah) 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.15.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.9.W3.S1) and character.