Leviticus 17:6:4Lev.17.6.W4TAB
עַל־מִזְבַּ֣ח
almizbakh
“the altar of the”
- Transliteration
- al-miz-BAKH
- Extended
- ahl-miz-BAAKH
- IPA
- /ʕal.mizˈbaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the altar of the
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-miz-BAKH
- phraseyour reading level
al-miz-BAKH Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-zah-RAK ha-ko-HEN et-ha-DAM al-miz-BAKH Ye-ho-VAH PE-takh O-hel mo-ED
- sentence
ve-zah-RAK ha-ko-HEN et-ha-DAM al-miz-BAKH Ye-ho-VAH PE-takh O-hel mo-ED ve-hik-TIR ha-KHE-lev le-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-mizbeakh YHWH {עַל־מִזְבַּ֣ח יְהוָ֔ה | ʿal miz-bē-ʾaḥ Yə-hō-wāh} specifies the altar of the LORD.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥzayin–bet–chet
“sacrifice”
In context — Leviticus 17:6
And the priest shall throw the blood on the altar of the LORD at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and shall burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 17:6, so the Hebrew word עַל־מִזְבַּ֣ח (almizbakh) 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.17.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.6.W4.S1) and character.