1 Kings 18:32:31 Kgs.18.32.W3TAB
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
- clause
va-yiv-NE et-ha-a-va-NIM miz-BE-akh be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yiv-NE et-ha-a-va-NIM miz-BE-akh be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH va-ya-AS te-a-LA ke-VEIT sa-ta-YIM ZE-ra sa-VIV lam-miz-BE-akh
Exegesis
The object mizbeach {מִזְבֵּחַ | mizzebāḥ} ‘altar’ is specified ‘in the name of’ God through beshem YHWH {בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה | bəšêm yəhôwâh}, indicating dedication.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin–bet–chet
“slaughter, offering”
In context — 1 Kings 18:32
And he built the stones into an altar in the name of the LORD and made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:32:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 18:32, 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.18.32.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.32.W3.S1) and character.