Numbers 7:11:12Num.7.11.W12TAB
לַחֲנֻכַּ֖ת
lakhanukat
“for the dedication of”
- Transliteration
- la-kha-nu-KAT
- Extended
- lah-kha-nu-KAHT
- IPA
- /laħa.nuˈkat/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the dedication of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-kha-nu-KAT
- clause
na-SI e-KHAD la-YOM na-SI e-KHAD la-YOM yak-RI-vu et-kar-ba-NAM la-kha-nu-KAT ham-miz-BEAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh na-SI e-KHAD la-YOM na-SI e-KHAD la-YOM yak-RI-vu et-kar-ba-NAM la-kha-nu-KAT ham-miz-BEAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lachanukat hamizbeach {לַחֲנֻכַּ֖ת הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ | laḥannukkāṯ hammizbēaḥ} functions as a purpose clause, framing the communal service within the altar’s inauguration.
In context — Numbers 7:11
And the LORD said to Moses, “One leader per day shall bring his offering for the dedication of the altar.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 7:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 7:11, so the Hebrew word לַחֲנֻכַּ֖ת (lakhanukat) 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.7.11.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.7.11.W12.S1) and character.