2 Kings 18:22:162 Kgs.18.22.W16TAB
הַמִּזְבֵּ֣חַ
hamizbeakh
“the altar”
- Transliteration
- ha-miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- hah-mihz-BEH-akh
- IPA
- /ham.mizˈbɛː.aħ/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-miz-BE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
ha-miz-BE-akh ha-ZE
- clause
ha-lo-HU a-SHER he-SIR khiz-ki-YA-hu et-ba-mo-TAV ve-et-miz-be-kho-TAV va-yo-MER li-ye-hu-DA ve-li-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-miz-BE-akh ha-ZE tish-ta-kha-VU bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
ve-khi-to-me-RUN e-LAI el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu ba-TAKH-nu ha-lo-HU a-SHER he-SIR khiz-ki-YA-hu et-ba-mo-TAV ve-et-miz-be-kho-TAV va-yo-MER li-ye-hu-DA ve-li-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-miz-BE-akh ha-ZE tish-ta-kha-VU bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The locative lifnei hamizbeach hazzeh {לִפְנֵי הַמִּזְבֵּ֣חַ הַזֶּ֔ה | lᵉpnê hammizbəʾeaḥ hazzēh} ‘before this altar’ frames the cultic setting, and the hishtaphel imperfect tishtachavu birushalayim {תִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם | tīštəḥāvēw bîrûšālîm} ‘you shall bow down in Jerusalem’ gives the command. The shift from conditional to rhetorical question to direct command heightens the dispute over asserted trust versus prescribed worship location.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin–bet–chet
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — 2 Kings 18:22
But if you say to me, “In the LORD our God we have trusted”—is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, and who said to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘Before this altar you shall bow down in Jerusalem’?”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:22:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 18:22, so the Hebrew word הַמִּזְבֵּ֣חַ (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.18.22.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.22.W16.S1) and character.