H4169 H4169
hearth, altar-hearth; surface where burnt offering is consumed
A technical priestly term in Leviticus 6:9 (MT 6:2), referring to the hearth or top surface of the altar where the burnt offering burns all night. The term identifies the specific plate or grating on which the fire consumes the sacrifice. This is liturgical vocabulary defining the altar's functional parts. The 'hearth' is where divine consumption happens—the place of meeting between offering and holy fire.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Leviticus 6:9 specifies that the burnt offering stays 'on the hearth on the altar' all night while the fire burns. The hearth is the working surface of sacrifice—where flesh becomes smoke. The possessive 'its hearth' (Spanish 'hogar suyo') identifies it as belonging to the altar. This is P-source technical terminology, naming the architecture of atonement with precision. Fire, hearth, and altar form the machinery of cultic exchange. 1×
AR["مَوْقِدِهَا"]·ben["জ্বলনের-স্থানে"]·DE["sein-hearth"]·EN["its-hearth"]·FR["son-hearth"]·heb["מוקדה"]·HI["जलती-जगह"]·ID["perapian"]·IT["suo-hearth"]·jav["papan-murub"]·KO["그-화덕-위에"]·PT["seu-fogo"]·RU["пламени"]·ES["hogar-suyo"]·SW["mahali-pa-moto"]·TR["yanığı"]·urd["انگیٹھی"]
Related Senses
H4325 1. water, waters (582×)H6965b 1. Qal: to rise, arise, get up (432×)H2091 1. gold (the metal) (389×)H0068 1. stone, rock (material/object) (267×)H5178a 1. bronze/copper as metal (131×)H6083 1. dust, dry earth, soil (108×)H8313 1. burn, set fire to (94×)H2734 1. anger was kindled (82×)G5204 1. water (80×)H2822 1. darkness, absence of light (80×)G5457 1. light (illumination) (71×)G0450 1. rise, stand up (physical) (69×)H6965b 2. Qal: to stand firm, endure, be valid (50×)H6999a 2. burn sacrifice on altar (Hifil) (45×)H5553 1. rock, cliff (physical feature) (43×)H6965b 4. Hifil: to establish, confirm (covenant/kingdom/word) (40×)H1197a 1. burn, be on fire (39×)H4306 1. rain, showers (38×)H1653 1. rain, precipitation (34×)G4655 1. darkness (30×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מוֹקְדָה n.f. hearth (= place of burning), only of 3, the plate or top of altar, on which burnt-offering was laid and consumed, הִוא הָעוֹלָה עַל מ׳ עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ Lv 6:2 (sq. וְאֵשׁ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ תּוּקַד בּוֹ).