Leviticus 19:5:2Lev.19.5.W2TAB
תִזְבְּח֛וּ
tizbekhu
“offer”
- Transliteration
- tiz-be-KHU
- Extended
- tiz-beh-KHOO
- IPA
- /tiz.bəˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- offer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tiz-be-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
veh-KHI tiz-be-KHU
- clause
veh-KHI tiz-be-KHU ZE-vakh sheh-lah-MIM la-YE-ho-VAH
- sentence
veh-KHI tiz-be-KHU ZE-vakh sheh-lah-MIM la-YE-ho-VAH lir-tso-ne-KHEM tiz-bah-KHU-hu
Exegesis
The verb tizbekhu {תִזְבְּחוּ | tiz-bə-ḥû} ‘you shall offer’ in the protasis is echoed by tizbachuhu {תִּזְבָּחֻהוּ | tiz-bā-ḥū-hû} ‘you shall offer it’ in the apodosis, framing obligation through paratactic repetition.
Root and etymology
Rootz-b-ḥ
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — Leviticus 19:5
And when you offer a peace offering to the LORD , you shall offer it for your acceptance .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 19:5, so the Hebrew word תִזְבְּח֛וּ (tizbekhu) 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.19.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.5.W2.S1) and character.