1 Chronicles 21:22:81 Chr.21.22.W8TAB
מִזְבֵּ֖חַ
mizbeakh
“an altar”
- Transliteration
- miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- miz-BEH-akh
- IPA
- /mizˈbeː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- an altar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
miz-BE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ev-NE-VO miz-BE-akh
- clause
va-yo-MER da-VID el-OR-nan te-NA-LI me-KOM ha-GO-ren ve-ev-NE-VO miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yo-MER da-VID el-OR-nan te-NA-LI me-KOM ha-GO-ren ve-ev-NE-VO miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH be-KHE-sef ma-LE te-NE-hu LI ve-TE-a-tsar ha-ma-GE-fa me-AL ha-AM
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive imperfect ve-evneh-bo {וְאֶבְנֶה־בּוֹ | wə-evnē-bô} expresses his intent to build an altar mizbeach {מִזְבֵּחַ | mizbêaḥ} for la-YHWH {לַיהוָה | la-YHWH}.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin–bet–chet
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:22
And David said to Ornan, “Give me the place of the threshing floor, so that I may build an altar there to the LORD . Give it to me for the full price in silver , so that the plague may be restrained from upon the people.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 21:22, so the Hebrew word מִזְבֵּ֖חַ (mizbeakh) 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 1 Chr.21.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.22.W8.S1) and character.