Numbers 16:6:4Num.16.6.W4TAB
מַחְתֹּ֖וֹת
makhtot
“censers”
- Transliteration
- makh-TO-t
- Extended
- makh-TOHT
- IPA
- /maxˈtoːt/
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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-TO-t
- phraseyour reading level
ZOT a-SU ke-KHU-la-KHEM makh-TO-t
- sentence
ZOT a-SU ke-KHU-la-KHEM makh-TO-t KO-rakh ve-KHOL-a-da-TO
Exegesis
The noun machtot {מַחְתּוֹת | maḥtôt} ‘censers’ functions as the direct object of kechu.
Root and etymology
m-ḥ-tmem-chet-tav
“fire holder”
In context — Numbers 16:6
Do this : take censers for yourselves, Korah and all his assembly .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 16:6, so the Hebrew word מַחְתֹּ֖וֹת (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.16.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.6.W4.S1) and character.