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מזבח (mizbeach) — pictograph word study

מזבח

Meaning: altar, place of sacrifice

Letter by letter — the ancient pictures

מ Mem — value 40
Water, flow, womb, source; forty — the number of testing and transformation (flood, Sinai, wilderness) letter page →
ז Zayin — value 7
Seven — Sabbath, completion, covenant time; the weapon/tool that cuts and the crown that rules letter page →
ב Bet — value 2
House, household, within-ness; duality (2) — the first letter that can contain something letter page →
ח Chet — value 8
Life (chai = 18 = twice chet's letters chet-yod), fence, enclosure; eight — the number beyond nature's seven letter page →

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