Lexical Definition

‎מָכִירִי‎ Mâkîyrîy (maw-kee-ree') Machirite ^N:N--PG
patronymical from ‎מָכִיר‎

of Machir.

• § Machirites = "a salesman"
• a Makirite or descendant of Makir

1) the descendants of Machir the father of Gilead

Extended Information

group of: מָכִיר

• Someone descended from Machir who was a man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.50.23
• son of: Manasseh (מְנַשֶּׁה) and Aramitess (אֲרַמִּי)
• brother of: Asriel (אַשְׂרִיאֵל); married to Maacah (מַעֲכָה)
• father of: Gilead (גִּלְעָד), daughter_of_Machir (מָכִיר), Peresh (פֶּרֶשׁ), Sheresh (שֶׁרֶשׁ) and Hammolecheth (מֹלֶכֶת); also called in NIV: Makir
• Group of ma.khir (‎מ‎ָ‎כ‎ִ‎יר‎ "Machir" מָכִיר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מָכִירִי‎ adjective, of a people only with article ‎׳‎‎הַמּ‎ as substantive collective the Machirites Num 26:29.

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