Joshua 18:21:3Josh.18.21.W3TAB
לְמַטֵּ֛ה
lemate
“to the tribe”
- Transliteration
- le-ma-TE
- Extended
- leh-mah-TEH
- IPA
- /ləmamˈteː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to 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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ma-TE
- clause
ve-ha-YU he-a-RIM le-ma-TE be-NEI bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-kho-tei-HEM
- sentence
ve-ha-YU he-a-RIM le-ma-TE be-NEI bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-kho-tei-HEM ye-ri-KHO u-VEIT-khag-LA ve-E-mek ke-TSEETS
Exegesis
The construct chain lematteh benei Binyamin {לְמַטֵּ֛ה בְּנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן | lə-mat-têh bə-nê bin-yā-min} combines the preposition lamed with a noun phrase ‘tribe of the sons of Benjamin,’ marking tribal territory allocation.
Root and etymology
n-t-hnun–tav–heh
“branch, staff”
In context — Joshua 18:21
And the cities belonging to the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their clans were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, and Emek Ketziz.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 18:21, so the Hebrew word לְמַטֵּ֛ה (lemate) 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.18.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.21.W3.S1) and character.