Deuteronomy 27:5:3Deut.27.5.W3PAT
מִזְבֵּ֔חַ
mizbeakh
“an altar”
- Transliteration
- miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- miz-BEH-akh
- IPA
- /mizˈbeːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- an altar
- French
- un autel
- Spanish
- un altar
- Portuguese
- um altar
- German
- ein Altar
- Russian
- жертвенник
- Arabic-Simplified
- مذبح
- Hindi
- वेदी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 祭坛
- Korean
- 제단
- Indonesian
- mezbah
- Bengali
- বেদি
- Tagalog
- altar
- Swahili
- madhabahu
- Amharic
- መሠዊያ
- Yoruba
- pẹpẹ ẹbọ
- Igbo
- ebe ịchụàjà
- Twi
- afɔrebukyia
- Ewe
- altare
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
miz-BE-akh
- clause
oo-vah-NEE-TA SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
oo-vah-NEE-TA SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha miz-BAKH a-va-NEEM LO-ta-NEEF a-lei-HEM bar-ZEL
In context — Deuteronomy 27:5
and you shall build an altar there to the LORD your God altar of stones you shall not wield iron upon them
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 27:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 27:5, so the Hebrew word מִזְבֵּ֔חַ (mizbeakh) 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 Deut.27.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.27.5.W3.S1) and character.