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title: מַעֲכָתִי — the Maachathites · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲכָתִי (4602), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: the Maachathites. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲכָתִי

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«מַעֲכָתִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **the Maachathites** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 4602 · **BDB:** מַעֲכָתִי

### Glosses

Maacathite\[s\] (4); the.Maacathite (3); Maacathite (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

the Maachathites [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4602/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4602/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. הַמּ׳ 1 Ch 4:19; so בֶּן־הַמַּעֲכָתִי 2 S 23:34 of one of David’s heroes, We del. בן; read prob. בֵּיח הַמּ׳ Klo HPS; v. also Dr; of associate of Ishmael the Judaean 2 K 25:23=Je 40:8; coll.=the Maachathites Dt 3:14 Jos 12:5; 13:11, 13 (all + הַגְּשׁוּרִי; cf. מַעֲכָה 3).—𝔊 Μαχ(ε)ι, Μαχατ(ε)ι, Μααχαθι, etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעֲכָתִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4602/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 23:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.34/)

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אֱלִיפֶ֥לֶט בֶּן־אֲחַסְבַּ֖י בֶּן־הַמַּֽעֲכָתִ֑יס אֱלִיעָ֥ם בֶּן־אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל הַגִּלֹנִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Eliphelet the.son of.Ahasbai the.son of the.Maacathite Eliam the.son of.Ahithophel the Gilonite

*JPS 1917:* Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite;

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[1 Chronicles 4:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.19/)

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וּבְנֵי֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת הֽוֹדִיָּ֔ה אֲח֣וֹת נַ֔חַם אֲבִ֥י קְעִילָ֖ה הַגַּרְמִ֑י וְאֶשְׁתְּמֹ֖עַ הַמַּעֲכָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.the.wife of.Hodiah the.sister of.Naham \[were\].the.father of.Keilah (the) Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

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