Joshua 19:24:4Josh.19.24.W4TAB
לְמַטֵּ֥ה
lemate
“for the tribe”
- Transliteration
- le-ma-TE
- Extended
- leh-mah-TEH
- IPA
- /ləmaˈteː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ma-TE
- phraseyour reading level
le-ma-TE be-NEI-a-SHER
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ha-go-RAL ha-kha-mi-SHI le-ma-TE be-NEI-a-SHER le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
Exegesis
The prepositional construct ləmatteh bənê-ʾāšêr {לְמַטֵּה בְנֵי־אָשֵׁר | lə-maṭ-têh bə-nê-ʾā-šêr} ‘for the tribe of the sons of Asher’ identifies the tribal allotment.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–ṭet–he
“staff, branch, tribe”
In context — Joshua 19:24
The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the descendants of Asher, according to their clans .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 19:24, so the Hebrew word לְמַטֵּ֥ה (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.19.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.24.W4.S1) and character.