Isaiah 19:21:10Isa.19.21.W10TAB
זֶ֣בַח
zevakh
“a sacrifice”
- Transliteration
- ZE-vakh
- Extended
- ZEH-vahkh
- IPA
- /ˈzɛvaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a sacrifice
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
ZE-vakh
- phraseyour reading level
ZE-vakh u-min-KHA
- clause
ve-a-ve-DU ZE-vakh u-min-KHA ve-na-de-RU-NE-der la-ye-ho-VAH ve-shi-LE-MU
- sentence
ve-no-DA ye-ho-VAH le-mits-RA-yim ve-ya-DE-u mits-RA-yim ET-ye-ho-VAH ba-YOM ha-HU ve-a-ve-DU ZE-vakh u-min-KHA ve-na-de-RU-NE-der la-ye-ho-VAH ve-shi-LE-MU
Exegesis
The cultic sequence wə-‘ā-ḇə-ḏū ze-vaḥ ū-min-ḥāh {וְעָבְדוּ זֶבַח וּמִנְחָה | wə-‘ā-ḇə-ḏū ze-vaḥ ū-min-ḥāh} ‘and they will serve sacrifice and grain offering’ uses coordinate objects to portray complete worship practices.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥzayin-bet-chet
“to slaughter for sacrifice”
In context — Isaiah 19:21
And the LORD will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know Him on that day, and they will serve Him with sacrifice and offering , and they will vow and fulfill it.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Isaiah 19:21, so the Hebrew word זֶ֣בַח (zevakh) 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 Isa.19.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.21.W10.S1) and character.