1 Samuel 14:35:81 Sam.14.35.W8TAB
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
liv-NOT miz-BE-akh
- clause
o-TO he-KHEL liv-NOT miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yi-VEN sha-UL miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH o-TO he-KHEL liv-NOT miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The noun phrase mizbeach laYHWH {מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לַֽיהוָ֑ה | miz·bē·aḥ la·YHWH} ‘altar to the LORD’ appears initially as direct object and is then resumed by the pronominal suffix oto {אֹת֣וֹ | ’ō·ṯō} ‘it’, creating cohesion.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥzayin–beth–ḥet
“to slaughter or sacrifice”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:35
And Saul built an altar to the LORD ; it was the first altar that he began to build to the LORD.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:35:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 14:35, 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 Sam.14.35.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.35.W8.S1) and character.