1 Kings 13:3:121 Kgs.13.3.W12TAB
הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙
hamizbeakh
“the altar”
- Transliteration
- ha-miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- hah-mihz-BEH-akh
- IPA
- /ham.miz.ˈbeː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the altar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-miz-BE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
hi-NE ha-miz-BE-akh
- clause
hi-NE ha-miz-BE-akh nik-RA ve-nish-PAKH ha-DE-shen a-SHER-a-LAIV
- sentence
ve-na-TAN ba-YOM ha-HU mo-FET le-MOR ZE ha-mo-FET a-SHER di-BER Ye-ho-VAH hi-NE ha-miz-BE-akh nik-RA ve-nish-PAKH ha-DE-shen a-SHER-a-LAIV
Exegesis
The passive Niphal verbs nikra {נִקְרָ֔ע | nīq-rāʿ} ‘will be torn’ and nishpakh {וְנִשְׁפַּ֖ךְ | nish-paḥ} ‘will be poured’ emphasize divine agency acting upon hamizbe’ach {הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ | hammiz-bē-aḥ} ‘the altar’ and hadeshen {הַדֶּ֥שֶׁן | ha-de-šen} ‘the ashes’.
Root and etymology
z-b-chzayin-bet-chet
“place of slaughter”
In context — 1 Kings 13:3
And he gave a sign on that day, saying, “This is the sign which the LORD has spoken: Behold, the altar will be torn apart, and the ashes on it will be poured out.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 13:3, so the Hebrew word הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ (hamizbeakh) 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 Kgs.13.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.3.W12.S1) and character.