Numbers 23:2:11Num.23.2.W11TAB
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-ya-AL ba-LAK u-bil-AM PAR va-a-YIL ba-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-ya-AS ba-LAK ka-a-SHER di-BER bil-AM va-ya-AL ba-LAK u-bil-AM PAR va-a-YIL ba-miz-BE-akh
Exegesis
Bammizbēaḥ {בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ | bammizbēaḥ} ‘on the altar’ uses the definite article to signal a specific cultic site. In translation, preserving the phrase “on each altar” underscores the multiple offerings and maintains the Hebrew narrative flow.
Root and etymology
Rootz-b-ḥ
“altar, sacrifice”
In context — Numbers 23:2
And Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar .
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 23:2, 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.23.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.2.W11.S1) and character.