Numbers 16:39:5Num.16.39.W5TABWLC Numbers 17:4
מַחְתּוֹת
makhtot
“the censers”
- Transliteration
- makh-TOT
- Extended
- mahkh-TOHT
- IPA
- /maħˈtoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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
- phraseyour reading level
makh-TOT han-ne-KHO-shet
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ET makh-TOT han-ne-KHO-shet a-SHER hik-RI-vu has-se-ru-FIM va-ya-a-SUM tsi-PUY la-miz-BE-akh
Exegesis
The direct object marker ʾet {אֶת | ʾet} introduces the object maḥṭōṯ hanneḥšêṯ {מַחְתּוֹת הַנֶּחֱשֶׁת | maḥṭōṯ hanneḥšêṯ} ‘firepans of bronze’.
Root and etymology
ḥ-t-hhet-tav-het
“contain embers”
In context — Numbers 16:39
And Eleazar the priest took the bronze firepans that the burned ones had offered, and they were hammered out as an overlay for the altar.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:39:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 16:39, so the Hebrew word מַחְתּוֹת (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.16.39.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.39.W5.S1) and character.