Numbers 14:25:5Num.14.25.W5TAB
מָחָ֗ר
makhar
“tomorrow”
- Transliteration
- ma-KHAR
- Extended
- maa-KHAR
- IPA
- /maːˈħaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- tomorrow
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-KHAR
- clause
ma-KHAR pe-NU u-se-U la-KHEM ha-mid-BAR DE-rekh yam-SUF
- sentence
ve-ha-a-ma-LE-ki ve-ha-ke-na-a-NI yo-SHEV ba-E-mek ma-KHAR pe-NU u-se-U la-KHEM ha-mid-BAR DE-rekh yam-SUF
Exegesis
The adverb machar {מָחָ֗ר | mā-ḥār} ‘tomorrow’ introduces a temporal frame that triggers the sequence of imperatives penu {פְּנ֨וּ | pə-nū} ‘turn’ and use’u {וּסְע֥וּ | ū-sə-‘û} ‘set out’.
Root and etymology
m-ḥ-rmem-chet-resh
“next day”
In context — Numbers 14:25
For the Amalekite and the Canaanite are dwelling in the valley . Tomorrow, turn and set out for yourselves into the wilderness by the way of the Sea of Reeds .
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 14:25, so the Hebrew word מָחָ֗ר (makhar) 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 Num.14.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.25.W5.S1) and character.