Joshua 19:40:1Josh.19.40.W1TAB
לְמַטֵּ֥ה
lemateh
“for the tribe”
- Transliteration
- le-ma-TEH
- Extended
- leh-mah-TEH
- IPA
- /ləmamˈteː/
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-TEH
- phraseyour reading level
le-ma-TEH be-NEI-DAN
- clause
le-ma-TEH be-NEI-DAN le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
- sentence
le-ma-TEH be-NEI-DAN le-mish-pe-KHO-tam ya-TSA ha-go-RAL ha-she-vi-I
Exegesis
The opening prepositional construct le-mattêh benei Dan {לְמַטֵּה בְנֵי־דָן | lə-mat-têh benei dān} ‘to the tribe of the sons of Dan’ foregrounds the kin-based territorial unit.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–ṭet–he
“branch or rod”
In context — Joshua 19:40
For the tribe of the sons of Dan, according to their clans , the seventh lot went out.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:40:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 19:40, 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.19.40.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.40.W1.S1) and character.