2 Kings 21:4:22 Kgs.21.4.W2TAB
מִזְבְּחֹ֖ת
mizbekhot
“altars”
- Transliteration
- miz-be-KHOT
- Extended
- mihz-beh-KHOHT
- IPA
- /miz.bəˈħoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- altars
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
miz-be-KHOT
- phraseyour reading level
u-va-NA miz-be-KHOT
- clause
u-va-NA miz-be-KHOT be-VEIT ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
u-va-NA miz-be-KHOT be-VEIT ye-ho-VAH a-SHER a-MAR ye-ho-VAH bi-ru-sha-LIM a-SIM et-she-MI
Exegesis
The plural noun mizbechot {מִזְבְּחֹ֖ת | miz-bê-ḥôṯ} ‘altars’ follows the verb, marking multiple unauthorized structures.
Root and etymology
RootZayin-Bet-Chet
“slaughter”
In context — 2 Kings 21:4
And he built altars in the house of the LORD , of which the LORD said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name .”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 21:4, so the Hebrew word מִזְבְּחֹ֖ת (mizbekhot) 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.21.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.4.W2.S1) and character.