Joshua 22:34:4Josh.22.34.W4TAB
לַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ
lamizbeakh
“the altar”
- Transliteration
- la-miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- lah-miz-BEH-akh
- IPA
- /lam.mizˈbe.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the altar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-miz-BE-akh
- clause
va-yik-re-U be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD la-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-yik-re-U be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD la-miz-BE-akh KI ED HU bei-no-TEI-nu KI Ye-ho-VAH ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The prepositional object la-mizbeach {לַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ | la-miz-bē-’aḥ} “to the altar” specifies the item given a name.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin–bet–het
“sacrifice”
In context — Joshua 22:34
The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad named the altar Ed , saying, “For it is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:34:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 22:34, so the Hebrew word לַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ (lamizbeakh) 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.22.34.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.34.W4.S1) and character.