Genesis 8:20:3Gen.8.20.W3PAT
מִזְבֵּ֖חַ
mizbeakh
“an altar”
- Transliteration
- miz-BE-akh
- Extended
- miz-BEH-akh
- 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
- 祭坛
- Korean
- 제단 하나를
- Indonesian
- sebuah mezbah
- Bengali
- একটি বেদি
- Tagalog
- dambana
- Swahili
- madhabahu
- Amharic
- መሠዊያ አንድ
- Yoruba
- pẹpẹ kan
- Igbo
- ebe ịchụàjà
- Twi
- afɔremuka
- Ewe
- vɔsamlekpui aɖe
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 NO-akh miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yi-VEN NO-akh miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH va-yi-KAKH mi-KOL ha-be-he-MAH hat-te-ho-RAH u-mi-KOL ha-OF hat-ta-HOR va-ya-AL o-LOT bam-miz-BE-akh
In context — Genesis 8:20
Noah constructed an altar for the LORD took from each pure animal and from each pure bird raised up burnt offerings upon the altar
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 8:20, so the Hebrew word מִזְבֵּ֖חַ (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.8.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.20.W3.S1) and character.