1 Chronicles 15:24:101 Chr.15.24.W10TAB
מַחְצְרִים֙
makhtserim
“blowing trumpets”
- Transliteration
- makh-tse-RIM
- Extended
- mahkh-tseh-REEM
- IPA
- /maħ.tsəˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- blowing trumpets
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
makh-tse-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
me-kha-tsa-tsa-RIM makh-tse-RIM
- clause
u-she-van-YA-hu ve-yo-sha-FAT u-ne-tan-EL va-a-ma-SAI u-ze-khar-YA-hu u-ve-na-YA-hu ve-e-li-E-zer ha-ko-ha-NIM me-kha-tsa-tsa-RIM makh-tse-RIM ba-kha-tso-tse-ROT lif-NE a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
u-she-van-YA-hu ve-yo-sha-FAT u-ne-tan-EL va-a-ma-SAI u-ze-khar-YA-hu u-ve-na-YA-hu ve-e-li-E-zer ha-ko-ha-NIM me-kha-tsa-tsa-RIM makh-tse-RIM ba-kha-tso-tse-ROT lif-NE a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM ve-o-VED e-DOM vi-khi-YA sho-a-RIM la-a-RON
Exegesis
Machatzrim {מַחְצְרִים֙ | maḥ-ṣə-rîm}, a Piel participle, conveys continuous action “were blowing trumpets,” and bachatzotzrot {בַּחֲצֹ֣צְר֔וֹת | ba-ḥa-ṣō-ṣə-rôt} specifies the instrument.
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:24
Shebaniah, Jehoshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—blew trumpets before the ark of God . Obed-Edom and Jehiya were doorkeepers for the ark .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:24:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Chronicles 15:24, so the Hebrew word מַחְצְרִים֙ (makhtserim) 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.15.24.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.24.W10.S1) and character.