2 Kings 16:13:92 Kgs.16.13.W9TAB
עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃
alhamizbeakh
“upon the altar”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- ahl-hah-mihz-BEH-akh
- IPA
- /ʕal.ham.mizˈbeːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the altar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
al-ha-miz-BE-akh
- clause
va-yiz-ROK et-dam-ha-she-la-MIM a-SHER-LO al-ha-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-yak-TER et-o-la-TO ve-et-min-kha-TO va-ya-SEKH et-nis-KO va-yiz-ROK et-dam-ha-she-la-MIM a-SHER-LO al-ha-miz-BE-akh
Exegesis
The location phrase ʿal hammizbēaḥ {עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ | ʿal hammizbēaḥ} ‘on the altar’ completes the sequence. The repeated vav-consecutive structure and direct object markers underscore the systematic nature of the king’s sacrificial acts.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥ
“slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — 2 Kings 16:13
And he offered up in smoke his burnt offering and his grain offering, and he poured out his drink offering, and he dashed the blood of the fellowship offerings that belonged to him on the altar .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 16:13, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ (alhamizbeakh) 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.16.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.13.W9.S1) and character.