Joshua 17:1:3Josh.17.1.W3TAB
לְמַטֵּ֣ה
lemateh
“for the tribe”
- Transliteration
- le-ma-TEH
- Extended
- leh-mah-TEH
- IPA
- /ləmaˈte/
Meaning by language
- English
- for 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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Word in context
- word
le-ma-TEH
- phraseyour reading level
le-ma-TEH me-na-SHEH
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-go-RAL le-ma-TEH me-na-SHEH ki-HU be-KHOR yo-SEF
- sentence
va-ye-HI ha-go-RAL le-ma-TEH me-na-SHEH ki-HU be-KHOR yo-SEF le-ma-KHIR be-KHOR me-na-SHEH a-VI ha-gil-AD KI HU ha-YA ISH mil-kha-MA va-ye-HI-LO ha-gil-AD ve-ha-ba-SHAN
Exegesis
The noun hagoral {הַגּוֹרָל | ha·gôr·āl} ‘the lot’ functions as the subject, followed by the goal phrase lematteh menasheh {לְמַטֵּה מְנַשֶּׁה | lə·maṭ·têh mə·naš·šêh} ‘for the tribe of Manasseh’.
In context — Joshua 17:1
Now the lot fell to the tribe of Manasseh because he was the firstborn of Joseph; and to Makir, the firstborn of Manasseh and father of Gilead—because he was a man of war—Gilead and Bashan were allotted.
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 17:1, so the Hebrew word לְמַטֵּ֣ה (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.17.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.1.W3.S1) and character.