Genesis 12:7:11Gen.12.7.W11PAT

מִזְבֵּ֔חַ

mizbeakh

an altar

Transliteration
miz-BE-akh
Extended
mihz-BEH-ahkh
IPA
/miz.ˈbeː.aħ/

Meaning by language

English
an altar
French
un autel
Spanish
un altar
Portuguese
um altar
German
einen Altar
Russian
жертвенник
Arabic-Simplified
مَذْبَحًا
Hindi
एक वेदी
Chinese-Simplified
一座祭坛
Korean
제단을
Indonesian
sebuah mezbah
Bengali
এক বেদি
Tagalog
isang dambana
Swahili
madhabahu
Amharic
መሠዊያ
Yoruba
pẹpẹ
Igbo
ebe ịchụàjà
Twi
afɔrebukyia
Ewe
vɔsamlekpui

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִזְ + בֵּ֔ + חַ
miz + be + akh
mizbeakh

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Zayinz as in zero
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    miz-BE-akh

  2. clause

    va-yi-VEN SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH han-nir-EH e-LAV

  3. sentence

    va-ye-RA Ye-ho-VAH el-av-RAM va-YO-mer le-zar-a-KHA et-TEN et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT va-yi-VEN SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH han-nir-EH e-LAV

In contextGenesis 12:7

LORD appeared to Abram He said I will give land this to your offspring He built an altar there to the LORD who appeared to him

About this coordinate

Genesis 12:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 12:7, 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 Gen.12.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.7.W11.S1) and character.