Judges 21:4:6Judg.21.4.W6TAB
מִזְבֵּ֑חַ
mizbeakh
“an altar”
- Transliteration
- miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- mihz-BEH-akh
- IPA
- /mizˈbeː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- an 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 | |
| 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
miz-BE-akh
- clause
va-ye-HI mi-ma-kho-RAT va-yash-ki-MU ha-AM va-yiv-NU-SHAM miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-ye-HI mi-ma-kho-RAT va-yash-ki-MU ha-AM va-yiv-NU-SHAM miz-BE-akh va-ya-a-LU o-LOT u-she-la-MIM
Exegesis
The sequence continues with vayivnu {וַיִּבְנוּ | wayyibnû} ‘they built’ and the locative sham {שָׁם | šām} ‘there’ situating the work at mizbeach {מִזְבֵּחַ | mizbēaḥ} ‘altar’.
Root and etymology
ז־ב־ח
“to sacrifice”
In context — Judges 21:4
And it happened on the next day that the people rose early, and they built an altar there, and offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings .
About this coordinate
Judges 21:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 21:4, so the Hebrew word מִזְבֵּ֑חַ (mizbeakh) 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 Judg.21.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.4.W6.S1) and character.