How to say "altar" in Arabic
CognateMeaningaltar
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَذْبَح
madhbaḥמד'בח
مذبح
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מזבח
mizbeakhمِزْبِيَاخ
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ذ-ب-حHebrew root
ז-ב-חRoot dh-b-ḥ, 'to slaughter [an offering]' — an exact match with Hebrew ז-ב-ח. מזבח and madhbaḥ are the same maCCaC 'place of X' pattern, letter for letter the same word for the same structure.
Related Hebrew word:מזבחmizbeakhمِزْبِيَاخ
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In a phrase
مَذْبَح الْقُرْبَان
madhbaḥ al-qurbānמד'בח אל-קרבאןthe altar of sacrifice
Plural
مَذَابِح
madhābiḥמד'אבחbroken plural maCāCiC