Numbers 26:29:5Num.26.29.W5TAB
הַמָּכִ֔ירִי
hamakhiri
“the Machirites”
- Transliteration
- ha-ma-khi-RI
- Extended
- hah-maa-khi-REE
- IPA
- /hammaˈxiːri/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Machirites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ma-khi-RI
- phraseyour reading level
mish-pa-KHAT ha-ma-khi-RI
- clause
le-ma-KHIR mish-pa-KHAT ha-ma-khi-RI u-ma-KHIR ho-LID et-gil-AD
- sentence
be-NEI me-na-SHEH le-ma-KHIR mish-pa-KHAT ha-ma-khi-RI u-ma-KHIR ho-LID et-gil-AD le-gil-AD mish-pa-KHAT ha-gil-a-DI
Exegesis
This is followed by the prepositional phrase lə-mākhîr {לְמָכִיר | lə-mā-kîr} ‘to Makir’, which connects the tribe to its progenitor, and the construct phrase mishpachat ha-mākhîrî {מִשְׁפַּחַת הַמָּכִירִי | miš-pâ-ḥáṯ ha-mā-kîr-î} ‘clan of the Makirite’ specifying the tribal subdivision.
Root and etymology
מ־כ־ר
“price, value”
In context — Numbers 26:29
The sons of Manasseh : of Makir, the clan of the Makirite; and Makir fathered Gilead; of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadite.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 26:29, so the Hebrew word הַמָּכִ֔ירִי (hamakhiri) 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.26.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.29.W5.S1) and character.