Unable to locate error with PDO prepared statement

Question

I'm currently unable to explain why this code is throwing multiple errors from:

Syntax error or access violation: 1064 Base table or view not found: 1146

I've looked at other threads and I have tried multiple different variations but am still unable to locate what I'm doing wrong.

I've done this multiple times before but I cannot for the life of me figure this out, I'm fatigued but it's getting on now...

    $insert = $connection -> prepare("INSERT INTO `:table` (`start`, `stop`) VALUES (:start, :stop);");

    $insert -> bindParam(':table', $table, PDO::PARAM_INT, 10);
    $insert -> bindParam(':start', $start, PDO::PARAM_STR, 25);
    $insert -> bindParam(':stop',  $stop,  PDO::PARAM_STR, 25);

    $insert -> execute();