Numbers 29:2:3Num.29.2.W3TAB
לְרֵיחַ
lereakh
“for a pleasing aroma”
- Transliteration
- le-RE-akh
- Extended
- leh-REI-akh
- IPA
- /ləˈreːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for a pleasing aroma
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-RE-akh
- sentence
va-a-si-TEM o-LAH le-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH PAR BEN-ba-KAR e-KHAD EIL e-KHAD ke-va-SIM be-NEI-sha-NAH shiv-AH te-mi-MIM
Exegesis
The phrase olah le-reiach nichoach {עֹלָה לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ | ‘ô·lâ lə·rê·yaḥ nî·ḥō·aḥ} forms a fixed cultic expression “burnt offering for a pleasing aroma.”
Root and etymology
Rootr-y-ḥ
“scent, smell”
In context — Numbers 29:2
And you shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to the LORD : one bull of the herd, one ram, and seven male yearling lambs, all perfect.
About this coordinate
Numbers 29:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 29:2, so the Hebrew word לְרֵיחַ (lereakh) 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.29.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.29.2.W3.S1) and character.