Leviticus 16:20:6Lev.16.20.W6TAB
וְאֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ
vehethahmizbehakh
“the altar”
- Transliteration
- veh-et-hah-miz-BEH-akh
- Extended
- veh-eht-hah-miz-BEH-akh
- IPA
- /wəʔet.ham.mizˈbeːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the altar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
veh-et-hah-miz-BEH-akh
- clause
veh-kih-LAA mih-kah-PEHR et-hah-KOH-desh veh-et-OH-hel mo-ED veh-et-hah-miz-BEH-akh
- sentence
veh-kih-LAA mih-kah-PEHR et-hah-KOH-desh veh-et-OH-hel mo-ED veh-et-hah-miz-BEH-akh veh-hee-KREEV et-hah-saa-EER heh-KHAI
Exegesis
The accusative particle appears in et-ha-qodesh {אֶת־הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ | ʼet-ha-qō-ḏēš}, ve-et-ohel {וְאֶת־אֹ֥הֶל | wə-ʼet-ʼō-hel}, and ve-et-ha-mizbeach {וְאֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ | wə-ʼet-ha-miz-bē-aḥ}, marking each sacred element in sequence.
Root and etymology
ז־ב־ח
“altar”
In context — Leviticus 16:20
And when he has finished making atonement for the Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 16:20, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ (vehethahmizbehakh) 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.16.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.20.W6.S1) and character.