Deuteronomy 23:12:5Deut.23.12.W5TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:13
לַּמַּחֲנֶ֔ה
lamakhaneh
“the camp”
- Transliteration
- la-ma-kha-NEH
- Extended
- lah-mah-kha-NEH
- IPA
- /lammaħaˈne/
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-NEH
- phraseyour reading level
mi-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NEH
- sentence
ve-ya-DEE ti-he-YEH le-KHA mi-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NEH ve-ya-TSA-ta sha-MAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mikhuts lamachaneh {מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה | mi-ḥūṣ la-maḥ-ḥăn-nêh} ‘outside the camp’ specifies the spatial boundary.
Root and etymology
ḥ-n-h
“encampment”
In context — Deuteronomy 23:12
And you shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out there—outside .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 23:12, so the Hebrew word לַּמַּחֲנֶ֔ה (lamakhaneh) 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.23.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.12.W5.S1) and character.