מַכְבָּר
machbar · cloth
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4346 · appears 1 time in the Bible
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machbar (מַכְבָּר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “cloth”.
Woven fabric (the lexicon says "cloth netted"). It appears only once in the Bible (2 Kings 8:15): the cloth dipped in water and spread over the sick king's face.
How to say it
mach·bar
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- 2 Kings 8:15
And it happened on the next day that he took the cloth and dipped it in the water and spread it over his face, and he died; and Hazael reigned in his place.