Numbers 16:18:3Num.16.18.W3TAB
מַחְתָּת֗וֹ
makhtato
“his censer”
- Transliteration
- makh-ta-TO
- Extended
- makh-tah-TOH
- IPA
- /maħ.taˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his censer
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
makh-ta-TO
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KHU ISH makh-ta-TO
- sentence
va-yik-KHU ISH makh-ta-TO va-yit-NU a-lei-HEM ESH va-ya-SI-mu a-lei-HEM ke-TO-ret va-ya-AM-du PE-takh O-hel mo-ED u-mo-SHE ve-a-ha-RON
Exegesis
Ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘each man’ emphasizes individual agency, and maktato {מַחְתָּתוֹ | mak-tā-tō} ‘his censer’ serves as the direct object.
In context — Numbers 16:18
And each man took his censer and put fire upon it, and placed incense upon it, and they stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 16:18, so the Hebrew word מַחְתָּת֗וֹ (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.16.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.18.W3.S1) and character.