Word Study · Strong's H4255 · Hebrew

מַחְלְקָה

machleqah

makh-lek-aw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: machlᵉqâh

“a section (of the Levites)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a section (of the Levites)

Rendered in the KJV as

course.

1
occurrencein the Old Testament
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Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
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inflected formdistinct spellings

Across 1 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

בְּמַחְלְקָ֣תְה֔וֹן1

How it is rendered · 1

in classes their1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1

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AR/Ncfpc/Sp3mp · 1

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Ezra1 occurrence

Ezra 6:18בְּמַחְלְקָ֣תְה֔וֹןbemachlekatehonpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThey also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.here: in classes their

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