2 Kings 23:17:222 Kgs.23.17.W22TAB
הַמִּזְבַּ֥ח
hammizbeakh
“the altar”
- Transliteration
- ham-miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- hahm-mihz-BEH-akh
- IPA
- /ham.mizˈbɛaħ/
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
ham-miz-BE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
ham-miz-BE-akh BET-EL
- clause
va-yom-RU e-LAV an-SHE ha-IR hak-KE-ver ish-ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA va-yik-RA et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le a-SHER a-si-TA al ham-miz-BE-akh BET-EL
- sentence
va-yo-MER MA ha-tsi-YUN hal-LAZ a-SHER a-NI ro-E va-yom-RU e-LAV an-SHE ha-IR hak-KE-ver ish-ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA va-yik-RA et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le a-SHER a-si-TA al ham-miz-BE-akh BET-EL
Exegesis
The final prepositional phrase al ha-mizbeach beit-El {עַ֖ל הַמִּזְבַּ֥ח בֵּֽית-אֵֽל | ʿal hammizbēaḥ bēṯʾēl} ‘against the altar at Bethel’ completes the construction. The interplay of question and answer frames the prophetic declaration.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥzayin–bet–ḥet
“altar”
In context — 2 Kings 23:17
And he said, “What is this monument that I see?” And the men of the city said to him, “It is the grave of the man of God who came from Judah, and he proclaimed these words that you have done against the altar at Bethel.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:17:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 2 Kings 23:17, so the Hebrew word הַמִּזְבַּ֥ח (hammizbeakh) 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.23.17.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.17.W22.S1) and character.