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title: מָכִיר — Machir · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָכִיר (4353), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: Machir. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָכִיר

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«מָכִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Machir** — 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:** 22 times · **Key:** 4353 · **BDB:** מָכִיר

### Glosses

of.Makir (13); Makir (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Machir [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4353/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4353/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. 𝔊 Μαχειρ (Sab. מכר Hal4). eldest son of Manasseh;—Gn 50:23 Nu 26:29(×2); 27:1; 32:39, 40; 36:1 Dt 3:15 Jos 13:31(×2); 17:1, 3, cf. 1 Ch 2:21, 23; 7:14, 15, 16, 17; v. also Ju 5:14 (poet.) where = Manasseh. son of \`Ammiel 2 S 9:4, 5; 17:27.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָכִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4353/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 3:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.3.15/)

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וּלְמָכִ֖יר נָתַ֥תִּי אֶת־הַגִּלְעָֽד׃

*Word for word:* and to Makir I.gave (et) (the) Gilead

*JPS 1917:* And I gave Gilead unto Machir.

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[1 Chronicles 7:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.7.17/)

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וּבְנֵ֥י אוּלָ֖ם בְּדָ֑ן אֵ֚לֶּה בְּנֵ֣י גִלְעָ֔ד בֶּן־מָכִ֖יר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Ulam \[were\].Bedan these \[were\].the.descendants of.Gilead the.son of.Makir the.son of.Manasseh

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

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