Leviticus 21:23:5Lev.21.23.W5TAB
וְאֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ
veelhammizbeakh
“and to the altar”
- Transliteration
- ve-el-ham-miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- veh-ehl-ham-mihz-BEH-akh
- IPA
- /wəʔɛl.ham.mizˈbeː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to 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 | |
| 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
ve-el-ham-miz-BE-akh
- clause
AKH el-ha-pa-RO-khet LO ya-VO ve-el-ham-miz-BE-akh LO yi-GASH ki-MUM BO
- sentence
AKH el-ha-pa-RO-khet LO ya-VO ve-el-ham-miz-BE-akh LO yi-GASH ki-MUM BO ve-LO ye-kha-LEL et-mik-da-SHAI KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH me-kad-SHAM
Exegesis
A parallel vav-phrase ve-el-ha-mizbeach {וְאֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ | wə-ʾel-hă-miz-bē-ʾaḥ} “and to the altar” + lo + yiggash {יִגַּשׁ | yi-ḡaš} “he shall approach” reinforces the prohibition.
In context — Leviticus 21:23
However, he shall not come to the curtain, and he shall not approach the altar, for there is a defect in him; and he shall not profane My sanctuaries, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 21:23, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ (veelhammizbeakh) 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.21.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.23.W5.S1) and character.