Numbers 32:39:3Num.32.39.W3TAB
מָכִ֧יר
makhir
“Machir”
- Transliteration
- ma-KHIR
- Extended
- maa-KHEER
- IPA
- /maˈxiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Machir
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-KHIR
- phraseyour reading level
be-NEI ma-KHIR ben-me-na-SHEH
- clause
va-ye-LE-khu be-NEI ma-KHIR ben-me-na-SHEH gil-a-DAH va-yil-ke-DU-ha
- sentence
va-ye-LE-khu be-NEI ma-KHIR ben-me-na-SHEH gil-a-DAH va-yil-ke-DU-ha va-yo-RESH et-ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER-BAH
In context — Numbers 32:39
The sons of Machir, son of Manasseh, went to Gilead and captured it, and they drove out the Amorites who were there.
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 32:39, so the Hebrew word מָכִ֧יר (makhir) 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.32.39.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.39.W3.S1) and character.