מַטֵּ֥ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מַטֵּ֥ה

   ma-TEH

   of the tribe
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מַטֵּ֥ה בְנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִ֖ן

   ma-TEH ve-NEI-bin-ya-MIN

   of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin
3. clause🔊 וַיַּ֗עַל גּוֹרַ֛ל מַטֵּ֥ה בְנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִ֖ן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם

   va-YA-al go-RAL ma-TEH ve-NEI-bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-KHO-tam

   then went up the lot of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their families
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֗עַל גּוֹרַ֛ל מַטֵּ֥ה בְנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִ֖ן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם וַיֵּצֵא֙ גְּב֣וּל גּֽוֹרָלָ֔ם בֵּ֚ין בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וּבֵ֖ין בְּנֵ֥י יוֹסֵֽף׃

   va-YA-al go-RAL ma-TEH ve-NEI-bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-KHO-tam va-ye-TSE ge-VUL go-ra-LAM BEIN be-NEI ye-hu-DAH u-VEIN be-NEI yo-SEF

   then went up the lot of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their families and came out the border of their lot between the sons of Judah and between the sons of Joseph

Exegesis

The direct object goral {גּוֹרַ֛ל | gō-ral} ‘lot’ denotes the divinely overseen selection, linked to matteh {מַטֵּ֥ה | maṭ-tê} ‘tribe’ in a construct with benei {בְנֵֽי | bə-nê} Binyamin {בִנְיָמִ֖ן | bin-ya-min} ‘sons of Benjamin,’ while lemishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם | lə-mish-pe-ḥō-tām} ‘according to their clans’ marks sub-tribal divisions.

Root and etymology

n-t-h🔊 נ־ט־הnun–tav–heh

“branch, staff, tribe”

• 🔊 מַטֶּהmatehstaffExodus 4:2