Word Study · Strong's H4250 · Hebrew
מַחְלִי
Machli
makh-lee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Machlîy
“a Machlite or (collectively) descendants of Machli”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a Machlite or (collectively) descendants of Machli
Rendered in the KJV as
Mahlites.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- הַמַּחְלִ֔י1
- הַמַּחְלִי֙1
How it is rendered · 1
- the Mahlite[s]2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)2
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- HTd/Ngmsa · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 3:33הַמַּחְלִ֔יhamachlithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)From Merari came the clans of the Mahlites and Mushites; these were the Merarite clans.here: the Mahlite[s]
- Numbers 26:58הַמַּחְלִי֙hamachlithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)These were the families of the Levites: The Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Now Kohath was the father of Amram,here: the Mahlite[s]
Same headword in Strong's