1 Chronicles 14:16:71 Chr.14.16.W7TAB
אֶת־מַחֲנֵ֣ה
etmakhane
“the camp of”
- Transliteration
- et-ma-kha-NE
- Extended
- eht-mah-khah-NEH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.maħăˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the camp of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
et-ma-kha-NE
- phraseyour reading level
et-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM
- clause
va-ya-KU et-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM mi-giv-ON ve-ad-ga-ZE-ra
- sentence
va-ya-AS da-VID ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu ha-e-lo-HIM va-ya-KU et-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM mi-giv-ON ve-ad-ga-ZE-ra
Exegesis
The subsequent vav consecutive in vayyakku {וַיַּכּוּ | way·yakk·û} ‘and they struck’ resumes the narrative action, with et {אֶת־ | ’et} marking machaneh {מַחֲנֵה | maḥ·nā·hê} ‘camp’ as direct object.
Root and etymology
ḥ-n-hChet–Nun–He
“camp”
In context — 1 Chronicles 14:16
And David did just as God commanded him, and they struck down the camp of the Philistines from Gibeon to Gezer.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 14:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Chronicles 14:16, so the Hebrew word אֶת־מַחֲנֵ֣ה (etmakhane) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.14.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.14.16.W7.S1) and character.