Jeremiah 17:2:3Jer.17.2.W3TAB
מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֔ם
mizbekhotam
“their altars”
- Transliteration
- miz-be-KHO-tam
- Extended
- mihz-beh-KHOH-taam
- IPA
- /miz.bəˈħoː.θaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their altars
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
miz-be-KHO-tam
- clause
kiz-KOR be-ne-HEM miz-be-KHO-tam va-a-she-re-HEM al-ETS ra-a-NA-n
- sentence
kiz-KOR be-ne-HEM miz-be-KHO-tam va-a-she-re-HEM al-ETS ra-a-NA-n AL ge-va-OT ha-ge-VO-hot
Exegesis
The coordinated objects mizbechotam {מִזְבְּחוֹתָם | miz-bə-ḥō-tām} ‘their altars’ and va-asheirehem {וַאֲשֵׁרֵיהֶם | wa-ʾă-šê-rê-hem} ‘their Asherim’ highlight inherited Canaanite cultic practices.
Root and etymology
ז־ב־ח
“to slaughter”
In context — Jeremiah 17:2
While their children remember their altars and their Asherim, beside every green tree on the high hills.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 17:2, so the Hebrew word מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֔ם (mizbekhotam) 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 Jer.17.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.2.W3.S1) and character.