1 Kings 13:5:11 Kgs.13.5.W1TAB
וְהַמִּזְבֵּ֣חַ
vehamizbeakh
“and the altar”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- veh-hah-mihz-BEH-akh
- IPA
- /və.ham.mizˈbeː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the altar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-ha-miz-BE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-miz-BE-akh nik-RA
- clause
ve-ha-miz-BE-akh nik-RA va-yish-sha-FEKH ha-DE-shen min-ha-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
ve-ha-miz-BE-akh nik-RA va-yish-sha-FEKH ha-DE-shen min-ha-miz-BE-akh ka-mo-FET a-SHER na-TAN ISH ha-e-lo-HIM bid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
It opens with vĕha-mizbēaḥ {וְהַמִּזְבֵּ֣חַ | wə-hammizbēaḥ} ‘and the altar’, followed by the niphal perfect nīqrāʿ {נִקְרָ֔ע | niqrāʿ} indicating passive divine action.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥzayin–bet–chet
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — 1 Kings 13:5
And the altar was split apart, and its ashes poured out from the altar according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 13:5, so the Hebrew word וְהַמִּזְבֵּ֣חַ (vehamizbeakh) 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.13.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.5.W1.S1) and character.