Deuteronomy 23:9:2Deut.23.9.W2TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:10

מַחֲנֶה

makhaneh

camp

Transliteration
ma-kha-NEH
Extended
mah-kha-heh-NEH
IPA
/maħăˈne/

Meaning by language

English
camp

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Result
מַ + חֲ + נֶה
ma + kha + neh
makhaneh

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ma-kha-NEH

  2. sentence

    ki-te-TSE ma-kha-NEH al-o-ye-VE-kha ve-nish-MAR-ta mi-KOL da-VAR RA

Exegesis

The noun macheneh {מַחֲנֶה | maḥ·ăn·neh} ‘camp’ enters into a construct relationship with ʿal {עַל | ʿal} ‘against’ and ʾoyvekha {אֹיְבֶיךָ | ʾoy·ve·kāh} ‘your enemies’, specifying the military target.

Root and etymology

ח־נ־ה

to encamp, settle

In contextDeuteronomy 23:9

When your camp goes out to fight your enemies, you must be on guard against everything evil .

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 23:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 23:9, so the Hebrew word מַחֲנֶה (makhaneh) 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.23.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.9.W2.S1) and character.