Leviticus 16:18:2Lev.16.18.W2TAB
אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ
elhammizbehakh
“to the altar”
- Transliteration
- el-ham-miz-BEH-akh
- Extended
- el-hah-miz-BEH-akh
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ham.mizˈbeːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the altar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-ham-miz-BEH-akh
- clause
ve-ya-TSA el-ham-miz-BEH-akh a-SHER lihf-NEI-ye-ho-VAH ve-khi-PER a-LAV
- sentence
ve-ya-TSA el-ham-miz-BEH-akh a-SHER lihf-NEI-ye-ho-VAH ve-khi-PER a-LAV ve-la-KAKH mi-DAM ha-PAR u-mi-DAM ha-sa-EER ve-na-TAN al-KAR-not ham-miz-BEH-akh sa-VIV
Exegesis
The noun phrase hamizbeach asher lifnei-yhwh {הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִפְנֵֽי־יְהוָ֖ה | ham-miẓ-bē-aḥ ʾă-šer lip̄-nê-yə-hō-wāh} specifies the outer altar in God’s presence.
Root and etymology
ז-ב-ח
“to slaughter”
In context — Leviticus 16:18
Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD , and he shall make atonement for it. He shall take some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat and put it on the horns of the altar all around.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 16:18, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ (elhammizbehakh) 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.16.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.18.W2.S1) and character.