1 Kings 13:32:91 Kgs.13.32.W9TAB
עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ
alhamizbeakh
“against the altar”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- ahl-hah-mihz-BEE-ahkh
- IPA
- /ʕal.ham.miz.ˈbeː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- against the altar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
al-ha-miz-BE-akh
- clause
KI ha-YO yih-YEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER ka-RA bid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH al-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER be-VET-EL
- sentence
KI ha-YO yih-YEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER ka-RA bid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH al-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER be-VET-EL ve-AL kal-ba-TE ha-ba-MOT a-SHER be-a-RE shohm-RON
Exegesis
The phrases ʿal-ham-miẓbēaḥ ’ăšer bə-bêṯ-’ĕl {עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֲשֶׁר בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֑ל | ʿal-ham-miẓbēaḥ ’ăšer bə-bêṯ-’ĕl} and wə-ʿal kol-bāṯê habāmōṯ ’ăšer bə-ʿārê šomrôn {וְעַל כָּל־בָּתֵּ֣י הַבָּמוֹת אֲשֶׁר בְּעָרֵ֥י שֹׁמְרוֹן | wə-ʿal kol-bāṯê habāmōṯ ’ăšer bə-ʿārê šomrôn} identify the objects of judgment using construct chains and relative pronouns, preserving Hebrew appositional detail and covenantal causality in English.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin–bet–ḥet
“sacrifice”
In context — 1 Kings 13:32
For the word that he proclaimed by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:32:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 13:32, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ (alhamizbeakh) 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.13.32.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.32.W9.S1) and character.