1 Kings 22:43:161 Kgs.22.43.W16TAB
מְזַבְּחִים
mezabekhim
“sacrificing”
- Transliteration
- me-za-be-KHIM
- Extended
- meh-zah-beh-KHEEM
- IPA
- /məzaḇˈbħiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- sacrificing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
me-za-be-KHIM
- sentence
AKH ha-ba-MOT LO-SA-RU OD ha-AM me-za-be-KHIM u-me-ka-TE-rim ba-ba-MOT
Exegesis
The participles mezabbechim and u-mekatterim {מְזַבְּחִים וּמְקַטְּרִים | mə-zabbə-ḥîm ū-mə-qat-ter-rîm} highlight ongoing ritual actions. English shifts from VSO to SVO order and separates the concessive clause with “However” and “Yet” to preserve contrast.
Root and etymology
ח־י־י
“to live”
In context — 1 Kings 22:43
He walked in all the ways of his father Asa and did not turn aside from them, doing what was right in the eyes of the LORD . However, the high places were not removed, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:43:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Kings 22:43, so the Hebrew word מְזַבְּחִים (mezabekhim) 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.22.43.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.43.W16.S1) and character.