H4729 H4729
burning, place of burning incense (altar designated for offering fragrant smoke)
This noun refers to burning, specifically the place or act of burning incense. It occurs in Exodus 30:1 in the description of the altar of incense: 'an altar, a place of burning incense'. The term is technical priestly vocabulary, denoting either the location where incense is offered or the act of burning itself. BDB notes scholarly debate whether this is a noun of place or action. The incense altar was a central fixture in tabernacle worship, positioned before the veil.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The place or act of burning incense, specifically referring to the incense altar in the tabernacle. Exodus designates this altar for the sacred offering of fragrant smoke to God. The term may emphasize either location (the altar as burning-place) or action (the act of burning). Either reading highlights the altar's dedicated function. Translations vary between 'altar of burning incense' and 'altar for burning incense'. 1×
AR["لِ-إِيقادِ"]·ben["ধূপ-জ্বালানোর"]·DE["burning-von"]·EN["burning-of"]·FR["brûlant-de"]·heb["מקטר"]·HI["जलाने-को"]·ID["pembakaran"]·IT["burning-di"]·jav["papan-ngobong"]·KO["피우는-곳"]·PT["para-queimar"]·RU["для-воскурения"]·ES["quemar"]·SW["ya-kufukiza"]·TR["yakmak-için"]·urd["جلانے-کا"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [מַקְטֵר, מִקְטָר] n.m. place of sacrificial smoke;—cstr. מִזְבֵּחַ֭ מִקְטַר קְטֹרֶת Ex 30:1 altar, place of offering incense (SS Kau Buhl13 al. n. act. burning).