Deuteronomy 23:10:8Deut.23.10.W8TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:11
לַמַּחֲנֶה
lamakhane
“the camp”
- Transliteration
- la-ma-KHA-ne
- Extended
- lah-mah-kha-NEH
- IPA
- /lam.maħăˈnɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the camp
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-ma-KHA-ne
- sentence
ki-ye-HYEH-ve-KHA EESH a-SHER LO-ye-HYEH-ta-HOR mik-REY-LAI-la ve-ya-TSA el-mik-HUTS la-ma-KHA-ne ve-LO ya-VO el-TOKH ha-ma-KHA-ne
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive veyatza {וְיָצָא | veyatza} then directs “he shall go out” to michuts lammachaneh {מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה | michuts lammachaneh}, placing the individual completely outside the camp boundary.
Root and etymology
ḥ-n-hchet–nun–he
“to encamp, pitch a camp”
In context — Deuteronomy 23:10
If there is among you a man who is not clean because of a nocturnal occurrence , then he shall go out to the outside of the camp; he shall not enter into the midst of the camp.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 23:10, so the Hebrew word לַמַּחֲנֶה (lamakhane) 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 Deut.23.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.10.W8.S1) and character.