1 Samuel 16:2:151 Sam.16.2.W15TAB
לִזְבֹּ֥חַ
lizbokha
“to sacrifice”
- Transliteration
- liz-BO-kha
- Extended
- lihz-BOH-khaa
- IPA
- /vəʔaːˈmartaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to sacrifice
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
liz-BO-kha
- phraseyour reading level
liz-BO-kha la-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH e-ge-LAT ba-KAR tik-KAKH be-ya-DE-kha ve-a-MAR-ta liz-BO-kha la-ye-ho-VAH BA-ti
- sentence
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL EKH e-LEKH ve-sha-MA sha-UL va-ha-ra-GA-ni va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH e-ge-LAT ba-KAR tik-KAKH be-ya-DE-kha ve-a-MAR-ta liz-BO-kha la-ye-ho-VAH BA-ti
Root and etymology
z-v-ḥzayin–bet–chet
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:2
And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears, he will kill me.” And the LORD said, “Take the heifer of the herd in your hand and say, ‘To sacrifice to the LORD I have come.’”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:2:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Samuel 16:2, so the Hebrew word לִזְבֹּ֥חַ (lizbokha) 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.16.2.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.2.W15.S1) and character.