1 Samuel 14:27:81 Sam.14.27.W8TAB
הַמַּטֶּה֙
hamate
“the staff”
- Transliteration
- ha-ma-TE
- Extended
- hah-mah-TEH
- IPA
- /ham.matˈt̪ɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the staff
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ma-TE
- phraseyour reading level
et-kse ha-ma-TE
- clause
ve-yo-na-TAN LO-sha-MA be-hash-be-A a-VIV et-ha-AM va-yish-LAKH et-kse ha-ma-TE a-SHER be-ya-DO va-yit-BOL o-TA be-ya-RAT ha-de-VASH
- sentence
ve-yo-na-TAN LO-sha-MA be-hash-be-A a-VIV et-ha-AM va-yish-LAKH et-kse ha-ma-TE a-SHER be-ya-DO va-yit-BOL o-TA be-ya-RAT ha-de-VASH va-ya-SHEV ya-DO el-PIV ve-te-RE-na va-ta-OR-na e-NAIV
Exegesis
The relative clause asher beyado {אֲשֶׁר בְּיָד֔וֹ | ’a-šer bə-ya-ḏô} ‘that was in his hand’ qualifies ketseh hamatteh {קְצֵה הַמַּטֶּה | qe-ṣê ha-mat-têh} ‘the tip of the staff’.
In context — 1 Samuel 14:27
Now Jonathan did not hear when his father caused the people to swear , so he stretched out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb , and he put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes became bright.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 14:27, so the Hebrew word הַמַּטֶּה֙ (hamate) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.14.27.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.27.W8.S1) and character.