Genesis 12:8:13Gen.12.8.W13PAT
מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙
mizbeakh
“an altar”
- Transliteration
- miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- miz-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
- 一座坛
- Korean
- 제단을
- Indonesian
- mezbah
- Bengali
- একটি বেদি
- Tagalog
- isang dambana
- Swahili
- madhabahu
- Amharic
- መሠዊያ
- Yoruba
- pẹpẹ kan
- Igbo
- ebe ịchụàjà
- Twi
- afɔrebukyia
- Ewe
- vɔsaƒe
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-ven-SHAM miz-BE-akh
- clause
beit-EL mi-YAM ve-ha-AI mi-KE-dem va-yi-ven-SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH va-yik-RA be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-TEK mi-SHAM ha-ha-RA mi-KE-dem le-veit-EL va-YET a-ho-LO beit-EL mi-YAM ve-ha-AI mi-KE-dem va-yi-ven-SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH va-yik-RA be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH
In context — Genesis 12:8
from there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel he pitched his tent Bethel on the west and Ai on the east he built there an altar to the LORD he called on the name of LORD
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:8:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 12:8, so the Hebrew word מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ (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.12.8.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.8.W13.S1) and character.