Joshua 13:15:3Josh.13.15.W3TAB
לְמַטֵּ֥ה
lemateh
“to the tribe”
- Transliteration
- le-ma-TEH
- Extended
- leh-mah-TEH
- IPA
- /ləmattˈe/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the tribe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ma-TEH
- phraseyour reading level
le-ma-TEH be-NEI-re-u-VEN
- sentence
va-yi-TEN mo-SHEH le-ma-TEH be-NEI-re-u-VEN le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase le-matteh {לְמַטֵּ֥ה | lə-mattēh} ‘to tribe’ enters a construct chain with bene {בְנֵֽי־ | bə-nē} ‘sons of’ and then reuven {רְאוּבֵ֖ן | rəʾûḇēn} ‘Reuben’, forming “to the tribe of the sons of Reuben.”
Root and etymology
n-t-hnun–tav–he
“staff, branch; by extension tribe or division”
In context — Joshua 13:15
Moses gave the tribe of the descendants of Reuben their inheritance according to their clans .
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 13:15, so the Hebrew word לְמַטֵּ֥ה (lemateh) 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 Josh.13.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.15.W3.S1) and character.