Machir was a son of Manasse (another tribe of Israel) and a Syrian. Machi can also be written as Mane or Mangwe or Mango or Mbango or Bhengu or Pule or Pooe or Mbole or Mbuli or Mbingo or Mbinga or Mbai or Pai or Apphai or Mapai or Bhayi (as in Port Elizabeth = Bay and the origin of the English word Bay, AmaBhayi always lived close to the water and ran sea ports or amaChwebe, also where the word Gqunukhwebe came from) or Maphinga or MaZulu (ibinga = iZulu kwaZulu) or Mani or Miya or Mla(mbo) or Marhili or Makhili or Biya or Bangwe or Mpange. The Miya people are called AmaZizi and AmaZizi oNzuza abazalwa KwaZwane. Machir was the leader of Gad when the nation of Israel was marching into Chanaan. Gad was a warrior or army class of the Israelites. They made a pact with God and their brethren that they would protect their brothers to death.