2 Chronicles 4:1:22 Chr.4.1.W2TAB
מִזְבַּ֣ח
mizbeakh
“an altar”
- Transliteration
- miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- miz-BEH-akh
- IPA
- /mizˈbɛ.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 | 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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The word
Word in context
- word
miz-BE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
miz-BE-akh ne-KHO-shet
- clause
va-ya-AS miz-BE-akh ne-KHO-shet e-se-RIM A-ma OR-KHO ve-e-se-RIM a-MA RA-khvo
- sentence
va-ya-AS miz-BE-akh ne-KHO-shet e-se-RIM A-ma OR-KHO ve-e-se-RIM a-MA RA-khvo ve-E-ser a-MOT ko-MA-to
Exegesis
The noun phrase mizbeach {מִזְבַּ֣ח | mizbēaḥ} ‘altar’ is qualified by nechoshet {נְחֹ֔שֶׁת | neḥōšet} ‘bronze.’
Root and etymology
Rootz-b-ch
“slaughter for offering”
In context — 2 Chronicles 4:1
And he made a bronze altar whose cubits measured twenty in length, twenty in width, and ten in height.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 4:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 4:1, so the Hebrew word מִזְבַּ֣ח (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 2 Chr.4.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.4.1.W2.S1) and character.