Deuteronomy 16:21:6Deut.16.21.W6TAB
מִזְבַּ֛ח
mizbeakh
“the altar”
- Transliteration
- miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- miz-BAH-akh
- IPA
- /mizˈbaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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 | 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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The word
Word in context
- word
miz-BE-akh
- clause
E-tsel miz-BE-akh Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-SHER ta-a-SE-laKH
- sentence
lo-ti-TA le-KHA a-she-RAH kol-ETS E-tsel miz-BE-akh Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-SHER ta-a-SE-laKH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase etzel mizbeach {אֵצֶל מִזְבֵּחַ | ’ē-tzel miz-bē-aḥ} ‘beside the altar’ establishes location, specified by the construct phrase YHWH Eloheikha {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | Yhwh ’ĕ-lō-hē-kha} ‘of the LORD your God’.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥzayin–bet–chet
“to slaughter”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:21
You must not plant for yourself an Asherah —any tree—beside the altar of the LORD your God , which you make for yourself.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 16:21, so the Hebrew word מִזְבַּ֛ח (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 Deut.16.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.21.W6.S1) and character.