1 Kings 18:35:41 Kgs.18.35.W4TAB
לַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ
lamizbeakh
“to the altar”
- Transliteration
- la-miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- lah-mihz-BEE-akh
- IPA
- /lam.mizˈbeː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the altar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-miz-BE-akh
- clause
va-yel-KHU ha-MA-yim sa-VIV la-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-yel-KHU ha-MA-yim sa-VIV la-miz-BE-akh ve-GAM et-ha-te-a-LA mi-LE-MA-yim
Exegesis
The adverb sāḇîḇ {סָבִ֖יב | sāḇîḇ} ‘around’ precedes the prepositional phrase lammizbēaḥ {לַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ | lammizbēaḥ} ‘to/at the altar’, portraying complete encirclement.
Root and etymology
consonantszayin–bet–chet
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — 1 Kings 18:35
And the water went around the altar , and it also filled the trench with water.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:35:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 18:35, so the Hebrew word לַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ (lamizbeakh) 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.18.35.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.35.W4.S1) and character.