Genesis 33:20:2Gen.33.20.W2PAT
מִזְבֵּ֑חַ
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
- 제단
- Indonesian
- sebuah mezbah
- Bengali
- একটি বেদি
- Tagalog
- isang dambana
- Swahili
- madhabahu
- Amharic
- መሠዊያ
- Yoruba
- pẹpẹ
- Igbo
- ebe ịchụàjà
- Twi
- afɔremuka
- Ewe
- vɔsaƒe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
מִזְ + בֵּ֑ + חַ
↓
miz + be + akh
↓
mizbeakh
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
miz-BE-akh
- clause
va-yat-tsev-SHAM miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-yat-tsev-SHAM miz-BE-akh va-yik-ra-LO EL e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL
In context — Genesis 33:20
he set up there an altar he called it El God of Israel
About this coordinate
Genesis 33:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 33:20, so the Hebrew word מִזְבֵּ֑חַ (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.33.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.20.W2.S1) and character.