Original Language Studio
Deuteronomy 3:15
“And I gave Gilead unto Machir.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מָכִירMâkîyr · maw-keer'
H4353 · Hebrew
H4353 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Makir, an Israelite
- Derivation
- from H4376 (מָכַר); salesman;
- KJV renderings
- Machir.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- לְ — preposition
- מָכִ֖יר — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 22 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 50:23Numbers 26:29Numbers 26:29Numbers 27:1Numbers 32:39
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מָכִיר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.