הַמַּטּ֖וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הַמַּטּ֖וֹת

   ha-mat-TOT

   of the tribes
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲב֥וֹת הַמַּטּ֖וֹת

   a-VOT ha-mat-TOT

   of the fathers of the tribes
3. clause🔊 אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִֽחֲל֜וּ אוֹתָ֗ם אֶלְעָזָ֤ר הַכֹּהֵן֙ וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ בִּן־נ֔וּן וְרָאשֵׁ֛י אֲב֥וֹת הַמַּטּ֖וֹת לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   a-SHER ni-HA-lu o-TAM el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN vi-ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN ve-ra-SHEI a-VOT ha-mat-TOT li-vnei yis-ra-EL

   that they assigned as an inheritance to them Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the fathers of the tribes for the sons of Israel
4. sentence🔊 וְאֵ֛לֶּה אֲשֶׁר־נָחֲל֥וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִֽחֲל֜וּ אוֹתָ֗ם אֶלְעָזָ֤ר הַכֹּהֵן֙ וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ בִּן־נ֔וּן וְרָאשֵׁ֛י אֲב֥וֹת הַמַּטּ֖וֹת לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   ve-E-leh a-SHER-NA-ha-lu ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el be-E-retz ke-NA-an a-SHER ni-HA-lu o-TAM el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN vi-ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN ve-ra-SHEI a-VOT ha-mat-TOT li-vnei yis-ra-EL

   and these that inherited the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan that they assigned as an inheritance to them Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the fathers of the tribes for the sons of Israel

Exegesis

The coordinated authority of Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and verashei avot hamattot {וְרָאשֵׁי אֲבוֹת הַמַּטּוֹת | wə-rā-šê ă-vōṯ ha-mat-tôṯ} ‘the heads of the fathers of the tribes’ underscores a combined priestly and tribal leadership in establishing territorial boundaries.