Exodus 14:24:13Exod.14.24.W13TAB
מַחֲנֵ֥ה
makhane
“the camp of”
- Transliteration
- ma-kha-NE
- Extended
- mah-khah-NEH
- IPA
- /ma.ħăˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the camp of
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 | |
| 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
ma-kha-NE
- phraseyour reading level
ma-kha-NE mits-RA-yim
- clause
va-ya-HAM ET ma-kha-NE mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-ash-MO-ret ha-BO-ker va-yash-KEF Ye-ho-VAH el-ma-kha-NE mits-RA-yim be-am-MUD ESH ve-a-NAN va-ya-HAM ET ma-kha-NE mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The Hiphil verb vayashkef {וַיַּשְׁקֵ֤ף | vā̆-yaš-kêp} ‘and he looked down’ expresses intentional divine observation, followed by the directional prepositional phrase el-machaneh Mitsrayim {אֶל־מַחֲנֵ֣ה מִצְרַ֔יִם | ʾel-maḥă-nêh Miṣrāyim} ‘toward the camp of Egypt’.
Root and etymology
ḥ-n-hcheth–nun–heh
“to encamp”
In context — Exodus 14:24
And it came to pass during the morning watch that the LORD looked down upon the camp of the Egyptians in the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw the camp of the Egyptians into confusion.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:24:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Exodus 14:24, so the Hebrew word מַחֲנֵ֥ה (makhane) 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 Exod.14.24.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.24.W13.S1) and character.