2 Chronicles 33:4:22 Chr.33.4.W2TAB
מִזְבְּח֖וֹת
mizbekhot
“altars”
- Transliteration
- miz-be-KHOT
- Extended
- miz-beh-KHOHT
- IPA
- /miz.bəˈħoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- altars
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
miz-be-KHOT
- phraseyour reading level
u-va-NA miz-be-KHOT
- clause
u-va-NA miz-be-KHOT be-VET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
u-va-NA miz-be-KHOT be-VET ye-ho-VAH a-SHER a-MAR ye-ho-VAH bi-ru-sha-LIM yih-ye-SHE-MI le-o-LAM
Exegesis
The noun mizbechot {מִזְבְּח֖וֹת | miz·bə·chōṯ} ‘altars’, in the masculine plural absolute, identifies multiple cultic installations.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥzayin–bet–ḥet
“place of slaughter or sacrifice”
In context — 2 Chronicles 33:4
And he built altars in the house of the LORD , about which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem my name will be forever.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 33:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 33:4, so the Hebrew word מִזְבְּח֖וֹת (mizbekhot) 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.33.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.33.4.W2.S1) and character.