מִזְבֵּחַ

mizbeach

miz-BAY-akh

altar

Where it comes from

From zavach, to slaughter — literally a place of slaughter. Abram builds one wherever God speaks, leaving a trail of stone across the land marking where he heard something.

Genesis 12:7

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

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