Exodus 39:38:3Exod.39.38.W3TAB
הַזָּהָ֔ב
hazzahav
“gold”
- Transliteration
- haz-za-HAV
- Extended
- haz-zah-HAAV
- IPA
- /haz.zaː.ˈhaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- gold
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
haz-za-HAV
- 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
ז־ה־ב
“to shine”
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 39:38:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 39:38, so the Hebrew word הַזָּהָ֔ב (hazzahav) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.38.W3.S1) and character.