Numbers 16:17:14Num.16.17.W14TAB
מַחְתּ֔וֹת
makhtot
“censers”
- Transliteration
- makh-TOT
- Extended
- makh-TOHT
- IPA
- /uːmaːtaˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- censers
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
makh-TOT
- clause
u-ke-KHU ISH makh-ta-TO u-ne-ta-TEM a-lei-HEM ke-TO-ret ve-hik-rav-TEM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH ISH makh-ta-TO kha-mi-SHIM u-ma-ta-YIM makh-TOT ve-a-TA ve-a-ha-RON
- sentence
u-ke-KHU ISH makh-ta-TO u-ne-ta-TEM a-lei-HEM ke-TO-ret ve-hik-rav-TEM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH ISH makh-ta-TO kha-mi-SHIM u-ma-ta-YIM makh-TOT ve-a-TA ve-a-ha-RON ISH makh-ta-TO
Root and etymology
m-ḥ-tmem-chet-tav
“fire holder”
In context — Numbers 16:17
Each man shall take his censer, and you shall put incense upon them, and you shall bring them before the LORD ; each man his censer—250 censers in all. You and Aaron, each man his censer .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:17:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 16:17, so the Hebrew word מַחְתּ֔וֹת (makhtot) 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.16.17.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.17.W14.S1) and character.