Leviticus 5:12:10Lev.5.12.W10TAB
הַמִּזְבֵּ֗חָה
hamizbehkha
“the altar”
- Transliteration
- ha-miz-BEH-kha
- Extended
- hah-miz-BEH-khah
- IPA
- /ha.miz.beː.ħaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the altar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-miz-BEH-kha
- phraseyour reading level
veh-hik-TEER ha-miz-BEH-kha
- sentence
veh-hee-vee-AH el-ha-ko-HEN veh-ka-MATS ha-ko-HEN mi-me-NAH meh-LO koom-TSO et az-ka-ra-TAH veh-hik-TEER ha-miz-BEH-kha AL ISH-shei Ye-ho-VAH kha-TAAT-hee
Exegesis
The verb vehiktir {וְהִקְטִ֣יר | wə-hik-ṭîr} denotes the burning action on hamizbecha {הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָה | ha-miz-bê-ḥāh}, governed by al {עַ֖ל | ’al} before ishei yehovah {אִשֵּׁ֣י יְהוָ֑ה | ’iš-śê Yə-hō-wāh}, specifying the offerings to the divine.
In context — Leviticus 5:12
And he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take a handful from it, a full measure of his handful, its memorial portion , and shall burn it on the altar upon the fire-offerings of the LORD . It is a sin offering.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 5:12:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 5:12, so the Hebrew word הַמִּזְבֵּ֗חָה (hamizbehkha) 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.5.12.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.5.12.W10.S1) and character.