2 Samuel 24:21:132 Sam.24.21.W13TAB
מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙
mizbeakh
“an altar”
- Transliteration
- miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- mihz-BEH-ahkh
- IPA
- /mizˈbeː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- an altar
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 | |
| 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
miz-BE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
liv-NOT miz-BE-akh
- clause
va-yo-MER da-VID lik-NOT me-im-me-KHA et-ha-GO-ren liv-NOT miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH ve-TE-a-tsar ha-mag-GE-fa me-AL ha-AM
- sentence
va-yo-MER a-ra-VE-na mad-DU-a BA a-do-NI-ha-ME-lekh el-AV-do va-yo-MER da-VID lik-NOT me-im-me-KHA et-ha-GO-ren liv-NOT miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH ve-TE-a-tsar ha-mag-GE-fa me-AL ha-AM
Root and etymology
Rootzayin–bet–het
“altar, place of slaughter”
In context — 2 Samuel 24:21
And Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” And David said, “To buy the threshing floor from you, to build an altar to the LORD so that the plague may be stopped from upon the people.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 24:21:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 24:21, so the Hebrew word מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ (mizbeakh) 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 Sam.24.21.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.24.21.W13.S1) and character.