מִזְבַּ֨ח

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִזְבַּ֨ח

   miz-BE-akh

   the altar
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 רְא֣וּ אֶת־תַּבְנִית֩ מִזְבַּ֨ח יְהוָ֜ה

   re-U et-TAV-nit miz-BE-akh Ye-ho-VAH

   see! the pattern of the altar of the LORD
3. clause🔊 וְאָמַ֡רְנוּ רְא֣וּ אֶת־תַּבְנִית֩ מִזְבַּ֨ח יְהוָ֜ה אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂ֣וּ אֲבוֹתֵ֗ינוּ לֹ֤א לְעוֹלָה֙ וְלֹ֣א לְזֶ֔בַח כִּי־עֵ֣ד ה֔וּא בֵּינֵ֖ינוּ וּבֵינֵיכֶֽם׃

   ve-a-MAR-nu re-U et-TAV-nit miz-BE-akh Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER-a-SU a-vo-TEI-nu LO le-o-LA ve-LO le-ZE-vakh ki-ED HU bei-NEI-nu u-vei-NEI-khem

   then we shall say see! the pattern of the altar of the LORD which made our fathers not for burnt offering and not for sacrifice for a witness it is between us and between you
4. sentence🔊 וַנֹּ֕אמֶר וְהָיָ֗ה כִּֽי־יֹאמְר֥וּ אֵלֵ֛ינוּ וְאֶל־דֹּרֹתֵ֖ינוּ מָחָ֑ר וְאָמַ֡רְנוּ רְא֣וּ אֶת־תַּבְנִית֩ מִזְבַּ֨ח יְהוָ֜ה אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂ֣וּ אֲבוֹתֵ֗ינוּ לֹ֤א לְעוֹלָה֙ וְלֹ֣א לְזֶ֔בַח כִּי־עֵ֣ד ה֔וּא בֵּינֵ֖ינוּ וּבֵינֵיכֶֽם׃

   va-NO-mer ve-ha-YA ki-YO-mru e-LEI-nu ve-EL-do-ro-TEI-nu ma-KHAR ve-a-MAR-nu re-U et-TAV-nit miz-BE-akh Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER-a-SU a-vo-TEI-nu LO le-o-LA ve-LO le-ZE-vakh ki-ED HU bei-NEI-nu u-vei-NEI-khem

   and we said and it will be when they say to us and to our generations tomorrow then we shall say see! the pattern of the altar of the LORD which made our fathers not for burnt offering and not for sacrifice for a witness it is between us and between you

Exegesis

Yomru {יֹאמְרוּ | yō-merû} and veamarnu {וְאָמַ֡רְנוּ | wə-ʾā-mar-nû} frame anticipated dialogue, while the imperative reu {רְא֣וּ | rə-ʾû} highlights the central tavnit mizbeach {תַּבְנִית֩ מִזְבַּ֨ח | tāḇ-nîṯ miz-bā-ʾaḥ} ‘model of the altar’, specified by asher-asu {אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂ֣וּ | ʾă-šer-ʿā-sû} ‘that they made’. The negations lo …

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ז־ב־חzayin–bet–ḥet

“to slaughter, sacrifice”

• 🔊 זֶבַחze-ḇaḥsacrificeLeviticus 1:3