Numbers 32:40:4Num.32.40.W4TAB
לְמָכִ֖יר
lemakhir
“to Machir”
- Transliteration
- le-ma-KHIR
- Extended
- leh-ma-KHEER
- IPA
- /ləməˈxiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Machir
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-ma-KHIR
- clause
va-yit-TEN mo-SHEH ET-hag-gil-AD le-ma-KHIR ben-me-na-SHEH
- sentence
va-yit-TEN mo-SHEH ET-hag-gil-AD le-ma-KHIR ben-me-na-SHEH va-ye-SHEV BAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lemaḵir {לְמָכִ֖יר | lə-ma-ḵîr} ‘to Makir’, modified by the construct ben-menasheh {בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה | ben-mə-na-šše-hě} ‘son of Manasseh’, forms a genitive chain designating tribal relations.
In context — Numbers 32:40
And Moses gave Gilead to Makir the son of Manasseh, and he settled there.
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:40:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 32:40, so the Hebrew word לְמָכִ֖יר (lemakhir) 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.32.40.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.40.W4.S1) and character.