How to Pronounce Lintel

LIHN-tuhl

Lintel is pronounced LIHN-tuhl (ˈlɪntəl): two syllables, stress on the first.

What is Lintel?

(1.) Heb. mashkoph, a projecting cover (Ex. 12:22, 23; ver. 7, “upper door post,” but R.V. “lintel”); the head-piece of a door, which the Israelites were commanded to mark with the blood of the paschal lamb. (2.) Heb. kaphtar. Amos 9:1; Zeph. 2:14 (R.V. correctly “chapiters,” as in A.V. marg.).

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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