Genesis 13:18:10Gen.13.18.W10TAB
מִזְבֵּ֖חַ
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-ven-SHAM miz-BE-akh
- clause
va-yi-ven-SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-e-HAL av-RAM va-ya-VO va-YE-shev be-e-lo-NE mam-RE a-SHER be-khev-RON va-yi-ven-SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The adverb sham {שָׁ֥ם | šām} precedes mizbeach {מִזְבֵּ֖חַ | miz-bē-aḥ} ‘altar’, highlighting the designated worship site, and the prepositional phrase laYHWH {לַיהוָֽה | la-YHWH} ‘to the LORD’ underscores Abram’s dedicatory act to the covenant LORD.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥzayin–bet–chet
“to slaughter, to sacrifice”
In context — Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tent, came to the oaks of Mamre near Hebron, and settled there; there he built an altar to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 13:18, so the Hebrew word מִזְבֵּ֖חַ (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 Gen.13.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.18.W10.S1) and character.