Exodus 20:26:3Exod.20.26.W3TAB
עַֽל־מִזְבְּחִ֑י
almizbekhi
“upon my altar”
- Transliteration
- al-miz-be-KHI
- Extended
- ahl-miz-beh-KHEE
- IPA
- /ʕal.miz.bə.ˈħiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon my altar
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-miz-be-KHI
- clause
ve-lo-ta-a-LEH ve-ma-a-LOT al-miz-be-KHI
- sentence
ve-lo-ta-a-LEH ve-ma-a-LOT al-miz-be-KHI a-SHER lo-tig-ga-LEH er-va-te-KHA a-LAV
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect taaleh {תַעֲלֶ֥ה | ta-ʿă-leh} ‘you shall go up’ takes bemaalot {בְּמַעֲלֹ֖ת | bə-ma-ʿă-lōṯ} ‘on steps’ to specify the manner of ascent, and the prepositional phrase al mizbechi {עַֽל־מִזְבְּחִ֑י | ʿal-miz-bē-aḥ-î} ‘upon my altar’ marks the sacred goal.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin–beth–heth
“to sacrifice”
In context — Exodus 20:26
And you shall not go up to My altar by steps, so that your nakedness is not uncovered upon it.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 20:26, so the Hebrew word עַֽל־מִזְבְּחִ֑י (almizbekhi) 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.20.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.26.W3.S1) and character.