Joshua 22:28:17Josh.22.28.W17TAB
לְזֶ֔בַח
lezevakh
“for sacrifice”
- Transliteration
- le-ZE-vakh
- Extended
- leh-ZEH-vakh
- IPA
- /ləˈzɛvaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for sacrifice
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-ZE-vakh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO le-ZE-vakh
- clause
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
- sentence
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
In context — Joshua 22:28
And we said, “If in the future they speak to us or to our generations, we will say, ‘Look at the model of the altar of the LORD that our fathers made—not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’”
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:28:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Joshua 22:28, so the Hebrew word לְזֶ֔בַח (lezevakh) 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 Josh.22.28.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.28.W17.S1) and character.