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title: מַחַת — Mahath · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַחַת (4287), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Mahath. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַחַת

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«מַחַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Mahath** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4287 · **BDB:** מַ֫חַת

### Glosses

Mahath (2); of.Mahath (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mahath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4287/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4287/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (perhaps from מַחֲתֶה thing seized)—Levites: 1 Ch 6:20, 𝔊 Μεθ, A Μααθ, 𝔊L Αμιωθ. 2 Ch 29:12; 31:13, 𝔊 Μααθ, Μαεθ, 𝔊L Μααθ, Ααθ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַחַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4287/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.20/)

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בֶּן־צוּף֙ בֶּן־אֶלְקָנָ֔ה בֶּן־מַ֖חַת בֶּן־עֲמָשָֽׂי׃

*Word for word:* the.son of.Zuph the.son of.Elkanah the.son of.Mahath the.son of.Amasai

*JPS 1917:* the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai;

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[2 Chronicles 29:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.29.12/)

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וַיָּקֻ֣מוּ הַ֠לְוִיִּם מַ֣חַת בֶּן־עֲמָשַׂ֞י וְיוֹאֵ֣ל בֶּן־עֲזַרְיָהוּ֮ מִן־בְּנֵ֣י הַקְּהָתִי֒ וּמִן־בְּנֵ֣י מְרָרִ֔י קִ֚ישׁ בֶּן־עַבְדִּ֔י וַעֲזַרְיָ֖הוּ בֶּן־יְהַלֶּלְאֵ֑ל וּמִן־הַגֵּ֣רְשֻׁנִּ֔י יוֹאָח֙ בֶּן־זִמָּ֔ה וְעֵ֖דֶן בֶּן־יוֹאָֽח׃

*Word for word:* and they.arose the Levites Mahath the.son of.Amasai and Joel the.son of.Azariah of the.descendants of the.Kohathite\[s\] and of the.descendants of.Merari Kish the.son of.Abdi and Azariah the.son of.Jehallelel and of the Gershonite\[s\] Joah the.son of.Zimmah and Eden the.son of.Joah

*JPS 1917:* Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;

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