Numbers 28:2:9Num.28.2.W9TAB
רֵ֚יחַ
reakh
“aroma”
- Transliteration
- RE-akh
- Extended
- REH-akh
- IPA
- /ˈreː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
RE-akh
- clause
ET-kar-ba-NI lakh-MI le-ish-AI RE-akh ni-kho-KHI tish-me-RU le-hak-RIV LI be-mo-a-DO
- sentence
TSAV ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ET-kar-ba-NI lakh-MI le-ish-AI RE-akh ni-kho-KHI tish-me-RU le-hak-RIV LI be-mo-a-DO
Exegesis
The collocation rei-akh nichochi {רֵ֚יחַ נִֽיחֹחִ֔י | rê-ᵶaḥ nî-ḥô-ḥî} ‘a pleasing aroma’ functions as an adjectival phrase intensifying cultic acceptability.
Root and etymology
r-y-ḥ
“scent, aroma”
In context — Numbers 28:2
Command the sons of Israel and say to them, “My offering, my food for my fire-offerings , my pleasing aroma, you shall be careful to bring near to me at its appointed time,” says the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 28:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 28:2, so the Hebrew word רֵ֚יחַ (reakh) 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.28.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.28.2.W9.S1) and character.