Numbers 18:5:7Num.18.5.W7TAB
הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ
hammizbeakh
“of the altar”
- Transliteration
- ham-miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- hah-miz-BEH-akh
- IPA
- /ham.mizˈbeːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ham-miz-BE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
mish-me-RET ham-miz-BE-akh
- clause
u-shmar-TEM ET mish-me-RET ha-KO-desh ve-ET mish-me-RET ham-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
u-shmar-TEM ET mish-me-RET ha-KO-desh ve-ET mish-me-RET ham-miz-BE-akh ve-LO-yi-he-YEH OD KE-tsef al-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Two occurrences of the direct object marker et {אֵת | ʾēṯ} introduce parallel constructs: mishmeret hakodesh {מִשְׁמֶרֶת הַקֹּדֶשׁ | mišmereṯ haqqōdeš} ‘duty of the sanctuary’ and mishmeret hamizbeach {מִשְׁמֶרֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ | mišmereṯ hammizbēaḥ} ‘duty of the altar,’ underscoring the dual focus of cultic responsibility.
Root and etymology
ז־ב־ח
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — Numbers 18:5
And you shall keep the duty of the sanctuary and the altar, so that there will not be again wrath upon the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 18:5, so the Hebrew word הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ (hammizbeakh) 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.18.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.5.W7.S1) and character.