2 Chronicles 7:5:42 Chr.7.5.W4TAB
אֶת־זֶבַח֒
etzevakh
“the sacrifice of”
- Transliteration
- et-ZE-vakh
- Extended
- eht-ZEH-vahkh
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.zɛˈvaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sacrifice 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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ZE-vakh
- clause
va-yiz-BAKH ha-ME-lekh she-lo-MO et-ZE-vakh ha-ba-KAR e-se-RIM u-she-NA-yim E-lef ve-TSON me-A ve-e-se-RIM A-lef
- sentence
va-yiz-BAKH ha-ME-lekh she-lo-MO et-ZE-vakh ha-ba-KAR e-se-RIM u-she-NA-yim E-lef ve-TSON me-A ve-e-se-RIM A-lef va-yakh-ne-KHU et-BET ha-e-lo-HIM ha-ME-lekh ve-KHOL-ha-AM
Exegesis
The subject phrase hamelekh sh’lomoh {הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה | ha·me·lekh sh’lo·moh} precedes the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | et} and the noun zevakh {זֶבַח | ze·vakh}, ‘sacrifice’.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥ
“slaughter offering”
In context — 2 Chronicles 7:5
King Solomon sacrificed twenty-two thousand cattle and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. Then the king and all the people dedicated the house of God .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 7:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 7:5, so the Hebrew word אֶת־זֶבַח֒ (etzevakh) 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.7.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.7.5.W4.S1) and character.