מַטֵּ֥ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מַטֵּ֥ה

   mat-TEH

   of the tribe
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מַטֵּ֥ה בְנֵי־אֶפְרַ֖יִם

   mat-TEH be-NEI e-fra-YIM

   of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim
3. clause🔊 זֹ֗את נַחֲלַ֛ת מַטֵּ֥ה בְנֵי־אֶפְרַ֖יִם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃

   ZOT na-kha-LAT mat-TEH be-NEI e-fra-YIM le-mish-pe-kho-TAM

   this the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim by their families
4. sentence🔊 מִתַּפּ֜וּחַ יֵלֵ֨ךְ הַגְּב֥וּל יָ֙מָּה֙ נַ֣חַל קָנָ֔ה וְהָי֥וּ תֹצְאֹתָ֖יו הַיָּ֑מָּה זֹ֗את נַחֲלַ֛ת מַטֵּ֥ה בְנֵי־אֶפְרַ֖יִם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃

   mi-ta-PU-ach ye-LEKH hag-GVUL ya-MAH NA-khal ka-NAH ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TAV ha-ya-MAH ZOT na-kha-LAT mat-TEH be-NEI e-fra-YIM le-mish-pe-kho-TAM

   from Tappuah it goes the border westward to the wadi Kanah and were its ends toward the sea this the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim by their families

Exegesis

The copular formula zōḏ {זֹ֗את | zōḏ} ‘this is’ introduces the identification clause of naḥălat maṭṭeh bənē-ʾeprayim lə-mišpəḥōṯām {נַחֲלַ֛ת מַטֵּ֥ה בְנֵי־אֶפְרַ֖יִם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם | naḥălat maṭṭeh bənē-ʾeprayim ləmišpəḥōṯām} ‘the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families’. The verse’s sequential boundary-description and concluding allocation formula reflect the legal-historical genre’s typical listing pattern, maintained in the translation’s parallel English structures.

Root and etymology

מ־ט־ה🔊 mem–tet–he

“staff; tribe”

• 🔊 מַטִּי́mattîmy staffPsalm 23:4