Numbers 16:17:18Num.16.17.W18TAB

מַחְתָּת֥וֹ

makhtato

his censer

Transliteration
makh-ta-TO
Extended
makh-tah-TOH
IPA
/ˈʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
his censer

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מַחְ + תָּ + ת֥וֹ
makh + ta + to
makhtato

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Tavt as in top
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    makh-ta-TO

  2. clause

    ISH makh-ta-TO

  3. 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

Exegesis

The Hebrew syntax begins with the coordinating imperative clause ukekhu ish mahtato {וּקְח֣וּ אִ֣ישׁ מַחְתָּת֗וֹ | uqəḵû ʾîš maḥtāṯô}, combining a Qal imperative and a noun phrase to command each individual.

The final coordination veatta veaharon ish mahtato {וְאַתָּה וְאַהֲרֹן אִישׁ מַחְתָּתֽוֹ} with repetition emphasizes communal and leadership participation. English translation preserves sequence and parallelism with semicolons and dashes to reflect Hebrew vav coordination and emphasis.

In contextNumbers 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 16:17:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Numbers 16:17, so the Hebrew word מַחְתָּת֥וֹ (makhtato) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.17.W18.S1) and character.