1 Kings 16:32:21 Kgs.16.32.W2TAB
מִזְבֵּ֖חַ
mizbeakh
“an altar”
- Transliteration
- miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- mihz-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
va-ya-KEM miz-BE-akh
- clause
va-ya-KEM miz-BE-akh la-BA-al
- sentence
va-ya-KEM miz-BE-akh la-BA-al BET ha-BA-al a-SHER ba-NA be-sho-me-RON
Exegesis
The noun mizbeach {מִזְבֵּחַ | miz-be-ḥaḥ} ‘altar’ takes the prepositional phrase labaal {לַבָּעַל | la-bā-ʿal}, indicating dedication.
Root and etymology
ז־ב־חzayin–bet–chet
“to slaughter”
In context — 1 Kings 16:32
And he erected an altar to Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:32:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 16:32, 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 Kgs.16.32.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.32.W2.S1) and character.