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title: מַחְלִי — Machlite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַחְלִי (4250), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Machlite. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַחְלִי

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«מַחְלִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Machlite** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 4250 · **BDB:** מַחְלִי²

### Glosses

the.Mahlite\[s\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Machlite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4250/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4250/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. of above; only c. art. as coll. הַמּ׳ Nu 3:33; 26:58.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַחְלִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4250/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 3:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.3.33/)

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לִמְרָרִ֕י מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הַמַּחְלִ֔י וּמִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַמּוּשִׁ֑י אֵ֥לֶּה הֵ֖ם מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת מְרָרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* \[belonged\].to Merari the.clan of the.Mahlite\[s\] and the.clan of the.Mushite\[s\] these they \[were\].the.clans of.\[the\].Merarite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites; these are the families of Merari.

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[Numbers 26:58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.26.58/)

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אֵ֣לֶּה ׀ מִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת לֵוִ֗י מִשְׁפַּ֨חַת הַלִּבְנִ֜י מִשְׁפַּ֤חַת הַֽחֶבְרֹנִי֙ מִשְׁפַּ֤חַת הַמַּחְלִי֙ מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת הַמּוּשִׁ֔י מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַקָּרְחִ֑י וּקְהָ֖ת הוֹלִ֥ד אֶת־עַמְרָֽם׃

*Word for word:* these \[were\].the.clans of.Levi the.clan of the.Libnite\[s\] the.clan of the.Hebronite\[s\] the.clan of the.Mahlite\[s\] the.clan of the.Mushite\[s\] the.clan of the.Korahite\[s\] and Kohath he.fathered (et) Amram

*JPS 1917:* These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begot Amram.

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