2 Kings 23:20:52 Kgs.23.20.W5TAB
עַל־הַֽמִּזְבְּח֔וֹת
alhamizbekhot
“on the altars”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-miz-be-KHOT
- Extended
- ahl-hah-mihz-beh-KHOHT
- IPA
- /ʕal.ham.miz.bəˈħoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the altars
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 | |
| 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
al-ha-miz-be-KHOT
- clause
va-yiz-BAKH et-KOL-ko-ha-NE ha-ba-MOT a-sher-SHAM al-ha-miz-be-KHOT va-yis-ROF et-ats-MOT a-DAM a-le-HEM
- sentence
va-yiz-BAKH et-KOL-ko-ha-NE ha-ba-MOT a-sher-SHAM al-ha-miz-be-KHOT va-yis-ROF et-ats-MOT a-DAM a-le-HEM va-ya-SHAV ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥ
“to sacrifice”
In context — 2 Kings 23:20
And he slaughtered all the priests of the high places who were there on the altars, and he burned human bones upon them. Then he returned to Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 23:20, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַֽמִּזְבְּח֔וֹת (alhamizbekhot) 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.23.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.20.W5.S1) and character.