1 Chronicles 21:26:41 Chr.21.26.W4TAB
מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙
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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Word in context
- word
miz-BE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-VEN SHAM da-VID miz-BE-akh
- clause
va-yi-VEN SHAM da-VID miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-AL o-LOT u-she-la-MIM
- sentence
va-yi-VEN SHAM da-VID miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-AL o-LOT u-she-la-MIM va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-a-NE-HU va-ESH min-ha-sha-MA-yim AL miz-BA-akh ha-o-LA
Exegesis
The construct chain mizbach haʿolah {מִזְבַּח הָעֹלָה | miẓbāḥ hā-ʿōlāh} ‘altar of burnt offering’ underscores the altar’s cultic purpose, while the phrase baʾēš min-ha-šāmayim {בָאֵשׁ מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם | bāʾēš min-ha-šāmayim} ‘with fire from the heavens’ signals divine acceptance.
Root and etymology
ẓ-b-ḥTsade–Bet–Heth
“slaughter; sacrifice”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:26
And there David built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called to the LORD, and He answered him with fire from the heavens upon the altar of burnt offering .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 21:26, so the Hebrew word מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ (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.21.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.26.W4.S1) and character.