Exodus 39:38:2Exod.39.38.W2TAB
מִזְבַּ֣ח
mizbakh
“altar”
- Transliteration
- miz-BAKH
- Extended
- miz-BAHKH
- IPA
- /miz.ˈbaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 | |
| 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-BAKH
- phraseyour reading level
miz-BAKH haz-za-HAV
- clause
ve-ET miz-BAKH haz-za-HAV ve-ET SHE-men ham-mish-KHA ve-ET ke-TO-ret has-sa-MIM
- sentence
ve-ET miz-BAKH haz-za-HAV ve-ET SHE-men ham-mish-KHA ve-ET ke-TO-ret has-sa-MIM ve-ET ma-SAKH PE-takh ha-O-hel
Exegesis
Each unit mizbeach {מִזְבַּ֣ח | miz-bē-aḥ} ‘altar’ ha-zahav {הַזָּהָ֔ב | haz-zā-hāv} ‘the gold’ and shemen {שֶׁ֣מֶן | še-men} ‘oil’ ha-mishchah {הַמִּשְׁחָ֔ה | ham-mîš-ḥāh} ‘the anointing’ follows a vav-et + noun phrase.
Root and etymology
z-b-chz-b-ch
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — Exodus 39:38
And the gold altar and the anointing oil and the incense of the spices and the curtain for the entrance of the tent.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:38:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 39:38, so the Hebrew word מִזְבַּ֣ח (mizbakh) 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.39.38.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.38.W2.S1) and character.