Leviticus 16:12:5Lev.16.12.W5TAB
הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙
hammizbeakh
“the altar”
- Transliteration
- ham-miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- ham-miz-BEH-akh
- IPA
- /ham.mizˈbeː.aχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the altar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
ham-miz-BE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
meh-AL ham-miz-BE-akh
- clause
veh-la-KAKH meh-LOH-ham-makh-TAH gah-kha-LAY-EESH meh-AL ham-miz-BE-akh mil-lif-NEH Yeh-ho-VAH oo-meh-LO khaf-NAAV ke-TO-ret sa-MEEM dak-KAH
- sentence
veh-la-KAKH meh-LOH-ham-makh-TAH gah-kha-LAY-EESH meh-AL ham-miz-BE-akh mil-lif-NEH Yeh-ho-VAH oo-meh-LO khaf-NAAV ke-TO-ret sa-MEEM dak-KAH veh-he-VEE mi-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet
Root and etymology
ז־ב־ח
“altar”
In context — Leviticus 16:12
And he shall take a full censer of coals of fire from upon the altar before the LORD and two handfuls of finely beaten incense , and he shall bring it inside the veil.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 16:12, so the Hebrew word הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ (hammizbeakh) 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 Lev.16.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.12.W5.S1) and character.