2 Kings 16:10:192 Kgs.16.10.W19TAB
הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ
hamizbeakh
“the altar”
- Transliteration
- ha-miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- hah-mihz-BEH-ahkh
- IPA
- /ham.mizˈbeːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the altar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
ha-miz-BE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
et-de-MUT ha-miz-BE-akh
- clause
va-yish-LAKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ el-u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN et-de-MUT ha-miz-BE-akh ve-et-tab-ni-TO le-khol-ma-a-SE-u
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ lik-re-AT tig-LAT pil-E-ser ME-lekh-a-SHUR du-ME-sek va-YAR-e et-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER be-da-MA-sek va-yish-LAKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ el-u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN et-de-MUT ha-miz-BE-akh ve-et-tab-ni-TO le-khol-ma-a-SE-u
Exegesis
The object “altar” is introduced with the marked direct-object form 'et-hammizbeach {אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ | ʾet-hammizbēaḥ}, and then specified by a relative clause using 'asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾăšer} ‘which,’ further anchored by the locative bedammaseq {בְּדַמָּ֑שֶׂק | bədammāśeq} ‘in Damascus’; this structure keeps the altar in focus as the key item noticed.
Root and etymology
consonantsZayin-Bet-Chet
“to slaughter”
In context — 2 Kings 16:10
The king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser, the king of Assyria, and he saw the altar that was in Damascus. And the king Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest the likeness of the altar and its pattern , according to all its workmanship.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:10:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Kings 16:10, so the Hebrew word הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ (hamizbeakh) 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.16.10.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.10.W19.S1) and character.