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māxīr מָכִיר ‘Machir’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from māxar מָכַר ‘to sell’
Roots: מכר

māxīr pr n m pers
Machir = "sold"
1) eldest son of Manasseh by an Aramite or Syrian concubine and progenitor of a large family
2) son of Ammiel, a powerful chief of one of the Transjordanic tribes who rendered essential services to Saul and to David

Mentioned in Genesis 50:23 Numbers 36:1, 27:1, 32:39, 26:29, 32:40 Deuteronomy 3:15 Joshua 17:1, 13:31, 17:3 Judges 5:14 2 Samuel 9:4, 17:27, 9:5 1 Chronicles 2:21, 2:23, 7:14, 7:16, 7:17, 7:15

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