2 Chronicles 15:8:202 Chr.15.8.W20TAB
אֶת־מִזְבַּ֣ח
etmizbeakh
“the altar of”
- Transliteration
- et-miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- EET-mihz-BEH-akh
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.mizˈbɛ.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the altar of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
et-miz-BE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
et-miz-BE-akh ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-kha-DESH et-miz-BE-akh ye-ho-VAH a-SHER lif-NE u-LAM ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-khish-MO-a A-sa ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-leh ve-ha-ne-vu-A o-DED ha-na-VI hit-kha-ZAK va-ya-a-VER ha-shi-ku-TSIM mi-KAL-E-rets ye-hu-DA u-vin-ya-MIN u-min-he-a-RIM a-SHER la-KHAD me-HAR e-fra-YIM va-ye-kha-DESH et-miz-BE-akh ye-ho-VAH a-SHER lif-NE u-LAM ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֵת־ | ’ēt} introduces mizbeach YHWH, and the relative clause asher lifnei ulam YHWH situates the altar before the temple porch. English word order preserves the Hebrew narrative flow and highlights causal, locative, and cultic elements.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥ
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:8
And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he strengthened himself and removed the abominations from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured from the hill-country of Ephraim. And he renewed the altar of the LORD which was before the porch of the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:8:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Chronicles 15:8, so the Hebrew word אֶת־מִזְבַּ֣ח (etmizbeakh) 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 2 Chr.15.8.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.8.W20.S1) and character.