1 Kings 18:26:181 Kgs.18.26.W18TAB
עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ
alhamizbeakh
“around the altar”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- ahl-hah-mihz-BEE-akh
- IPA
- /ʕal.ham.mizˈbeː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- around 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
va-ye-fas-KHU al-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER a-SA
- sentence
va-yik-KHU ET-ha-PAR a-SHER-na-TAN la-HEM va-ya-a-SU va-yik-re-U ve-SHEM-ha-BA-al me-ha-BO-ker ve-ad-ha-tso-ha-RA-yim le-MOR ha-BA-al a-NE-nu ve-EN KOL ve-EN o-NE va-ye-fas-KHU al-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER a-SA
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥ
“slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — 1 Kings 18:26
So they took the bull that had been given to them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from the morning until the noon, saying, “Baal, answer us!” But there was no voice or response. Then they limped on the altar that they had made.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:26:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Kings 18:26, 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.18.26.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.26.W18.S1) and character.