Joshua 22:29:16Josh.22.29.W16TAB
מִזְבַּח֙
mizbakh
“the altar”
- Transliteration
- miz-BAkh
- Extended
- meez-BAkh
- IPA
- /mizˈbaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
miz-BAkh
- clause
mil-le-VAD miz-BAkh ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-nu a-SHER lif-NEI mish-ka-NO
- sentence
kha-LI-lah la-NU mi-me-NU lim-ROD ba-ye-ho-VAH ve-la-SHUV ha-YOM mei-a-kha-REI ye-ho-VAH liv-NOT miz-BE-akh le-o-LAH le-min-KHAH ul-za-VAkh mil-le-VAD miz-BAkh ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-nu a-SHER lif-NEI mish-ka-NO
Exegesis
A trisagion of cultic terms—mizbeach {מִזְבֵּחַ | miz-bê-aḥ}, le-olah {לְעֹלָה | lə-ʿō-lâ}, leminchah {לְמִנְחָה | lə-min-ḥâh}, and ule-zavach {וּלְזָבַח | ū-lə-zā-vaḥ}—enumerates the full range of offerings.
The exclusion millevad mizbeach YHWH elohenu {מִלְּבַד מִזְבֵּחַ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ | mil-lə-bāḏ miz-bê-aḥ Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-nû} “apart from the altar of the LORD our God” underscores exclusive worship at the tabernacle, and the relative clause asher lipnei mishkano {אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי מִשְׁכָּנוֹ | ʾă-šer li-p̄nê miš-kā-nô} “which is before His tabernacle” links proper cultic practice to the sanctuary location.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥzayin–bet–ḥet
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — Joshua 22:29
Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD or to turn away today from following Him by erecting a rival altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, or sacrifices, apart from the altar of the LORD our God that stands before His tabernacle.
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:29:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Joshua 22:29, so the Hebrew word מִזְבַּח֙ (mizbakh) 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.22.29.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.29.W16.S1) and character.