Joshua 19:1:5Josh.19.1.W5TAB
לְמַטֵּ֥ה
lemateh
“for the tribe”
- Transliteration
- le-ma-TEH
- Extended
- leh-mah-TEH
- IPA
- /ləmatˈteː/
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 be-NEI-shim-ON
- clause
va-ye-TSE ha-go-RAL ha-she-NI le-shim-ON le-ma-TEH be-NEI-shim-ON le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ha-go-RAL ha-she-NI le-shim-ON le-ma-TEH be-NEI-shim-ON le-mish-pe-KHO-tam va-ye-HI na-cha-la-TAM be-TOKH na-cha-LAT be-NEI-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The cumulative prepositional series le-Shim‘on {לְשִׁמְעוֹן | lə-šim-ʿōn} “for Simeon,” le-matteh bênê-Shim‘on {לְמַטֵּה בְנֵי־שִׁמְעוֹן | lə-maṭ-têh bə-nê-šim-ʿōn} “for the tribe of the sons of Simeon,” and le-mishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָם | lə-miš-pe-ḥō-tām} “for their clans” underscores both tribal and clan allocations.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–ṭet–he
“staff, branch, tribe”
In context — Joshua 19:1
Then the second lot came out for the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their clans; and their inheritance was within the inheritance of Judah .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 19:1, so the Hebrew word לְמַטֵּ֥ה (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.19.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.1.W5.S1) and character.