Numbers 23:14:12Num.23.14.W12TAB
בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃
bamizbeakh
“on the altar”
- Transliteration
- ba-miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- bah-miz-BEH-akh
- IPA
- /bam.mizˈbeːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the altar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ba-miz-BE-akh
- clause
va-yi-VEN shiv-AH miz-be-KHOT va-ya-AL PAR va-a-YIL ba-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-yik-ka-KHE-hu se-DEH tso-FIM el-ROSH ha-pis-GAH va-yi-VEN shiv-AH miz-be-KHOT va-ya-AL PAR va-a-YIL ba-miz-BE-akh
Exegesis
The coordinated objects par vaayil bammizbeach {פָּר וָאַיִל בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ | pâr wā’ăyil bammizbēaḥ} describe the sacrificial animals and their locus. The English rendition preserves the setting–construction–offering structure of the Hebrew narrative.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥzayin-bet-chet
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — Numbers 23:14
So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah, built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 23:14, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ (bamizbeakh) 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.23.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.14.W12.S1) and character.