2 Chronicles 7:4:42 Chr.7.4.W4TAB
זֶ֖בַח
zevakh
“a sacrifice”
- Transliteration
- ZE-vakh
- Extended
- ZEH-vahkh
- IPA
- /ˈzɛvaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a sacrifice
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
ZE-vakh
- phraseyour reading level
zo-ve-KHIM ZE-vakh
- clause
zo-ve-KHIM ZE-vakh lif-ne Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ha-ME-lekh ve-KHOL-ha-AM zo-ve-KHIM ZE-vakh lif-ne Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The collocation zov’ḥim zevaḥ {זֹבְחִ֥ים זֶ֖בַח | zov-ḥim ze-va-ḥ} illustrates Hebrew verb-noun intensification rendered as past continuous in the formal and simple past in the dynamic to reflect aspect differences.
Root and etymology
RootZayin Bet Chet
“to sacrifice, slaughter”
In context — 2 Chronicles 7:4
And the king and all the people offered a sacrifice before the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 7:4:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 7:4, so the Hebrew word זֶ֖בַח (zevakh) 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.7.4.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.7.4.W4.S1) and character.