1. Maacathite (gentillic demonym) — A gentillic adjective denoting an inhabitant or native of the Aramean territory of Maacah (מַעֲכָה), used to identify specific individuals: Eshtemoa the Maacathite (1 Chronicles 4:19), Jaazaniah the Maacathite (2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8), and in broader references to the Maacathite people in the Transjordan region (Deuteronomy 3:14; Joshua 12:5, 13:11, 13:13). All eight occurrences carry the same gentillic meaning. Cross-linguistically: Arabic المَعْكَاتِيّ (al-Ma'kaatiyy), Spanish 'maacateo/maacatita' (using Romance gentillic suffixes), Hindi माकाती (Maakaatii), Korean 마아갓 사람/마아가인 (Maagat saram/Maagain, 'person from Maacah'), Swahili 'Mmaakathi/Wamaakathi' (singular/plural noun class). All three clusters differ only in the presence of the article and/or conjunctive waw, which are grammatical, not semantic. 8×
AR["الـ-مَعكَتيّ","المَعْكيَّ","الْمَعْكَاتِيِّ","وَ-المَعْكيِّ","وَالْمَعَكِيِّينَ"]·ben["-মাখাতীয়ের","আর-মাখাথীয়দের","এবং-মাকাথীয়দের","এবং-মাখাথীয়","মাকাথীয়","মাখাথীয়দের","মাখাথীয়ের"]·DE["[המעכתי]","der-Maacathite","der-Maakhatite","und-der-Maacathite"]·EN["and-the-Maacathite","the-Ma'akhathi","the-Maacathite","the-Maakhatite"]·FR["[המעכתי]","et-le-Maacathite","le-Maacathite","le-Maakhatite"]·heb["ה-מעכתי","ו-ה-מעכתי"]·HI["और--माकाती-की","और-माकाती","मकाती","माकाती","ह-माअखाती"]·ID["-orang-Maakha","dan-orang-Maakha","orang-Maakha"]·IT["[המעכתי]","e-il-Maacathite","il-Maacathite","il-Maakhatite"]·jav["lan-tiyang-Maakat","lan-tiyang-Maakha","lan-tiyang-Maakhat","tiyang-Maaka","tiyang-Maakha","tiyang-Maakhat"]·KO["그-마아가-사람","그-마아가사람의","그-마아가인","그-마아갓-사람을","그리고-그-마아갓-사람의","그리고-그-마아갓인의","마아가-사람의"]·PT["e-o-Ma'akhati","e-o-maacatita","o-Ma'akhati","o-ma'akhatita","o-maacatita"]·RU["Маахатиев","Маахатита","Маахатянина","и-Маахати","и-Маахатиев"]·ES["el-maacateo","el-maacatita","el-maajatita","y-el-maacateo"]·SW["Mmaakathi","Wamaakathi","na-Wamaaka","na-Wamaakathi","na-ha-Wamaakathi"]·TR["-Maakati","Maaka'lının","Maakalılar","Maakat'lı","Maakatlı","ve-Maakalı'nın","ve-Maakalılar'ın","ve-Maakalıların"]·urd["اور-معکاتی","اور-معکتیوں-کی","معکاتی","معکاتی-کا","معکتیوں"]
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† מַעֲכָתִי adj.gent. הַמּ׳ 1 Ch 4:19; so בֶּן־הַמַּעֲכָתִי 2 S 23:34 of one of David’s heroes, We del. בן; read prob. בֵּיח הַמּ׳ Klo HPS; v. also Dr; of associate of Ishmael the Judaean 2 K 25:23=Je 40:8; coll.=the Maachathites Dt 3:14 Jos 12:5; 13:11, 13 (all + הַגְּשׁוּרִי; cf. מַעֲכָה 3).—𝔊 Μαχ(ε)ι, Μαχατ(ε)��, Μααχαθι, etc.