2 Kings 16:11:42 Kgs.16.11.W4TAB
אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ
ethamizbeakh
“{direct object} the altar”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- eet-hah-mihz-BEE-akh
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hammizˈbeː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} the altar
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-miz-BE-akh
- clause
va-yi-VEN u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN et-ha-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-yi-VEN u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN et-ha-miz-BE-akh ke-KHOL a-sher-sha-LAKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ mid-da-ME-sek KEN a-SA u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN ad-BO ha-ME-lekh-a-KHAZ mid-da-MA-sek
Exegesis
The actor Uriyah ha-kohen {אוּרִיָּה הַכֹּהֵן | Ūriyyāḥ hak-kōhēn} ‘Uriah the priest’ functions as subject, and et-hammizbeach {אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ | ʾet-hammizbēaḥ} ‘the altar’ appears as the definite patient.
Root and etymology
“to slaughter”
In context — 2 Kings 16:11
Thus Uriah the priest built the altar according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. Uriah the priest did so before the king’s return from Damascus.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 16:11, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ (ethamizbeakh) 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.16.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.11.W4.S1) and character.