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
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
miz-BE-akh
- clause
va-yi-VEN SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH han-nir-EH e-LAV
- 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 context — Genesis 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.