Leviticus 16:12:2Lev.16.12.W2TAB
מְלֹֽא־הַ֠מַּחְתָּה
mehlohhammakhtah
“the full censer”
- Transliteration
- meh-LOH-ham-makh-TAH
- Extended
- meh-LOH-ham-makh-TAAH
- IPA
- /mə.loː.ham.maχˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the full censer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
meh-LOH-ham-makh-TAH
- phraseyour reading level
veh-la-KAKH meh-LOH-ham-makh-TAH
- clause
veh-la-KAKH meh-LOH-ham-makh-TAH gah-kha-LAY-EESH meh-AL ham-miz-BE-akh mil-lif-NEH Yeh-ho-VAH oo-meh-LO khaf-NAAV ke-TO-ret sa-MEEM dak-KAH
- sentence
veh-la-KAKH meh-LOH-ham-makh-TAH gah-kha-LAY-EESH meh-AL ham-miz-BE-akh mil-lif-NEH Yeh-ho-VAH oo-meh-LO khaf-NAAV ke-TO-ret sa-MEEM dak-KAH veh-he-VEE mi-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet
Exegesis
The construct chain melo-ha-maḥtāh {מְלֹֽא־הַ֠מַּחְתָּה | mə-lō ham-maḥ-tāh} ‘fullness of the censer’ and gaḥălê-ʾēš {גַּֽחֲלֵי־אֵ֞שׁ | ga-ḥă-lê-ʾēš} ‘coals of fire’ specifies the required implements.
Root and etymology
ח־ת־ה
“censer”
In context — Leviticus 16:12
And he shall take a full censer of coals of fire from upon the altar before the LORD and two handfuls of finely beaten incense , and he shall bring it inside the veil.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 16:12, so the Hebrew word מְלֹֽא־הַ֠מַּחְתָּה (mehlohhammakhtah) 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 Lev.16.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.12.W2.S1) and character.