2 Kings 15:4:62 Kgs.15.4.W6TAB
מְזַבְּחִ֥ים
mezabkhim
“sacrificing”
- Transliteration
- me-zab-KHIM
- Extended
- meh-zahb-KHEEM
- IPA
- /məzabˈbħiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- sacrificing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-zab-KHIM
- phraseyour reading level
me-zab-KHIM u-me-kat-TE-rim
- clause
OD ha-AM me-zab-KHIM u-me-kat-TE-rim ba-ba-MOT
- sentence
RAK ha-ba-MOT lo-SA-ru OD ha-AM me-zab-KHIM u-me-kat-TE-rim ba-ba-MOT
Exegesis
Two coordinated Piel participles, mezabbechim {מְזַבְּחִים | məzabbəḥîm} ‘sacrificing’ and u-mekatterim {וּמְקַטְּרִים | ûməqaṭṭərîm} ‘and burning incense,’ portray habitual, ongoing activity rather than a single event.
Root and etymology
consonantsZayin–Bet–Chet
“to slaughter for sacrifice”
In context — 2 Kings 15:4
Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people still were sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 15:4, so the Hebrew word מְזַבְּחִ֥ים (mezabkhim) 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 Kgs.15.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.4.W6.S1) and character.