Numbers 16:39:12Num.16.39.W12TABWLC Numbers 17:4
לַמִּזְבֵּחַ׃
lamizbeakh
“for the altar”
- Transliteration
- la-miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- lah-miz-BEH-akh
- IPA
- /lam.mizˈbe.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the altar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
la-miz-BE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER hik-RI-vu has-se-ru-FIM va-ya-a-SUM tsi-PUY la-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ET makh-TOT han-ne-KHO-shet a-SHER hik-RI-vu has-se-ru-FIM va-ya-a-SUM tsi-PUY la-miz-BE-akh
Exegesis
The construct noun ṣippûy {צִפּוּי | ṣippûy} ‘overlay’ with the prepositional phrase lamizbeaḥ {לַמִּזְבֵּחַ | lamizbeaḥ} ‘for the altar’ indicates purpose. The syntax underscores the transformation of objects of judgment into instruments of worship, highlighting thematic continuity within the cultic narrative.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin-bet-chet
“altar”
In context — Numbers 16:39
And Eleazar the priest took the bronze firepans that the burned ones had offered, and they were hammered out as an overlay for the altar.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:39:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 16:39, so the Hebrew word לַמִּזְבֵּחַ׃ (lamizbeakh) 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 Num.16.39.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.39.W12.S1) and character.