Exodus 17:15:3Exod.17.15.W3TAB
מִזְבֵּ֑חַ
mizbeakh
“an altar”
- Transliteration
- miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- mihz-BEH-ahkh
- IPA
- /miz.ˈbeː.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
- clause
va-yi-VEN mo-SHEH miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-yi-VEN mo-SHEH miz-BE-akh va-yik-RA she-MO Ye-ho-VAH nis-SEE
Exegesis
The verb–subject sequence presents Mosheh {מֹשֶׁה | mōšeh} ‘Moses’ before the object mizbeach {מִזְבֵּחַ | mizbēaḥ} ‘altar’.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥzayin–beth–heth
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — Exodus 17:15
Moses built an altar and named it, “The LORD is my banner .”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 17:15, so the Hebrew word מִזְבֵּ֑חַ (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 Exod.17.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.15.W3.S1) and character.