Joshua 14:3:7Josh.14.3.W7TAB
הַמַּטֶּ֔ה
hamateh
“of the tribe”
- Transliteration
- ha-ma-TEH
- Extended
- hah-mah-TEH
- IPA
- /ham.maˈte/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the tribe
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ma-TEH
- phraseyour reading level
va-kha-TSI ha-ma-TEH
- clause
kee-NA-tan mo-SHEH na-kha-LAT she-NEI ha-ma-TOT va-kha-TSI ha-ma-TEH mei-E-ver la-yar-DEN
- sentence
kee-NA-tan mo-SHEH na-kha-LAT she-NEI ha-ma-TOT va-kha-TSI ha-ma-TEH mei-E-ver la-yar-DEN ve-la-le-vi-YIM lo-na-TAN na-kha-LA be-to-KHAM
Exegesis
The construct phrase naḥălāt šə-nê hammattōt wa-ḥaṣṣî hammattēh {נַחֲלַת שְׁנֵי הַמַּטּוֹת וַחֲצִי הַמַּטֶּה | naḥă-lāṯ šə-nê ham-mattōt wa-ḥaṣ-ṣî ham-mattēh} ‘inheritance of two tribes and half the tribe’ uses the dual marker šə-nê {שְׁנֵי | šə-nê} ‘two of’ plus wa-ḥaṣṣî {וַחֲצִי | wa-ḥaṣ-ṣî} ‘and half’ to specify tribal portions.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–tav–he
“tribe, staff”
In context — Joshua 14:3
For Moses had given the inheritance to two tribes and to the half-tribe beyond the Jordan, but to the Levites he did not give an inheritance among them.
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 14:3, so the Hebrew word הַמַּטֶּ֔ה (hamateh) 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.14.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.3.W7.S1) and character.