Deuteronomy 16:5:3Deut.16.5.W3TAB
לִזְבֹּ֣חַ
lizboakh
“to sacrifice”
- Transliteration
- liz-BO-akh
- Extended
- leez-BOH-akh
- IPA
- /lizˈbo.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to sacrifice
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
liz-BO-akh
- phraseyour reading level
liz-BO-akh ET-ha-PA-sakh
- clause
LO tu-KHAL liz-BO-akh ET-ha-PA-sakh
- sentence
LO tu-KHAL liz-BO-akh ET-ha-PA-sakh be-a-KHAD she-a-RE-kha a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH
Exegesis
The infinitive lîzbōaḥ {לִזְבֹּחַ | lîzbōaḥ} ‘to sacrifice’ takes the combined direct object marker ʾet-happāśāḥ {אֶת־הַפָּסַח | ʾet-happāśāḥ} ‘the Passover.’
Root and etymology
z-v-ḥzayin-bet-chet
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:5
You are not able to sacrifice the Passover in any of your gates , which the LORD your God gives to you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 16:5, so the Hebrew word לִזְבֹּ֣חַ (lizboakh) 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.16.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.5.W3.S1) and character.