Numbers 16:46:5Num.16.46.W5TABWLC Numbers 17:11
אֶת־הַמַּחְתָּה
ethammakhtah
“the censer”
- Transliteration
- et-ham-makh-TAH
- Extended
- EET-hah-makh-TAH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ham.maħˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the censer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
et-ham-makh-TAH
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH el-a-ha-RON KAKH et-ham-makh-TAH ve-TEN-a-lei-HA ESH me-AL-ham-miz-BE-akh ve-SIM ke-TO-ret ve-ho-LEKH me-he-RAH el-ha-e-DAH ve-ka-PEHR a-lei-HEM ki-ya-TSA ha-KE-tsef mi-lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH he-khe-LAH ha-NE-gef
Exegesis
The particle et {אֵת | ʾēt} marks hamachtah {הַמַּחְתָּה | hammǎḥtāh} ‘the censer’ as the direct object.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–tet–heh
“censer”
In context — Numbers 16:46
And Moses said to Aaron, “Take the censer and put fire on it from the altar, add incense, and hurry to the congregation to make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out before the LORD ; the plague has begun.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:46:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 16:46, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַמַּחְתָּה (ethammakhtah) 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.16.46.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.46.W5.S1) and character.