מזבח

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ז־ב־ח (z-b-kh)
2 terms

Cognate with Jewish Palestinian Aramaic מִדְבְּחָא.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /mizˈbeaχ/

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Noun

מִזְבֵּחַ • (mizbéakh) m (plural indefinite מִזְבְּחוֹת, singular construct מִזְבַּח־, plural construct מִזְבְּחוֹת־) [pattern: מִקְטֵל]

1. altar
   • Genesis 12:7

     .וַיֵּרָא יְהוָה, אֶל-אַבְרָם, וַיֹּאמֶר, לְזַרְעֲךָ אֶתֵּן אֶת-הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת; וַיִּבֶן שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ, לַיהוָה הַנִּרְאֶה אֵלָיו

     And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said: 'Unto thy seed will I give this land'; and he builded there an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.

Further reading

• H4196 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible