Joshua 19:8:12Josh.19.8.W12TAB
מַטֵּ֥ה
matteh
“of the tribe”
- Transliteration
- mat-TEH
- Extended
- maht-TEH
- IPA
- /matˈteː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the tribe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
mat-TEH
- phraseyour reading level
mat-TEH ve-NEI-shim-ON
- clause
ZOT na-kha-LAT mat-TEH ve-NEI-shim-ON le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
- sentence
ve-KOL-ha-kha-tse-RIM a-SHER se-vi-VOT he-a-RIM ha-EH-leh ad-ba-a-LAT be-ER ra-a-MAT NE-gev ZOT na-kha-LAT mat-TEH ve-NEI-shim-ON le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
Exegesis
The demonstrative zôt {זֹאת | zôt} ‘this’ introduces the appositional NP naḥălat maṭṭeh bənê-šim‘ôn lĕmišpāḥōtām {נַחֲלַת מַטֵּה בְנֵי־שִׁמְעוֹן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם | na-ḥă-lat maṭ-tê bə-nê-šim-’ôn lə-miš-pā-ḥō-tām} ‘the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families.’ This verbless clause expresses possession and clan-based land allotment. English renderings shift the relative clause for readability while preserving the original boundary and division emphasis.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–ṭet–he
“staff, branch, tribe”
In context — Joshua 19:8
And all the villages that are around these towns as far as Baalath Beer—Ramath Negev—this was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, according to their clans.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Joshua 19:8, so the Hebrew word מַטֵּ֥ה (matteh) 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.19.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.8.W12.S1) and character.