2 Kings 21:5:22 Kgs.21.5.W2TAB
מִזְבְּח֖וֹת
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
miz-be-KHOT
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-VEN miz-be-KHOT
- clause
va-yi-VEN miz-be-KHOT le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-yi-VEN miz-be-KHOT le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim bish-TE kha-tse-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The noun mizbechot {מִזְבְּחוֹת | mîzbĕḥōt} ‘altars’ functions as direct object.
Root and etymology
ז־ב־ח
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — 2 Kings 21:5
And he built altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 21:5, so the Hebrew word מִזְבְּח֖וֹת (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.21.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.5.W2.S1) and character.