Joshua 20:8:13Josh.20.8.W13TAB
מִמַּטֵּה־גָ֔ד
mimattegad
“from the tribe of Gad”
- Transliteration
- mi-mat-TE-GAD
- Extended
- mee-maht-TEH-GAHD
- IPA
- /mimmatˈteː.ɡaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the tribe of Gad
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-mat-TE-GAD
- clause
ve-et-RA-mot ba-gil-AD mi-mat-TE-GAD ve-et-go-LAN ba-ba-SHAN mi-mat-TE me-na-SHEH
- sentence
u-me-E-ver le-yar-DEN ye-ri-KHO miz-RA-kha nat-NU et-BE-tsr ba-mid-BAR ba-mi-SHOR mi-mat-TE re-u-VEN ve-et-RA-mot ba-gil-AD mi-mat-TE-GAD ve-et-go-LAN ba-ba-SHAN mi-mat-TE me-na-SHEH
Exegesis
Each object phrase follows a pattern: city name + locative complement (preposition be + place name) + tribal origin via the construct mimatteh {מִמַּטֵּ֣ה | mim-ma-ṭṭēh} ‘from the tribe’ + tribe name. This consistent SVO order and parallel structure emphasize the systematic allocation of refuge cities across tribal territories.
Root and etymology
n-t-hnun–tet–he
“staff, branch, tribe”
In context — Joshua 20:8
And on the other side of the Jordan east of Jericho, they designated Bezer in the wilderness , in the plain, from the tribe of Reuben; and Ramoth in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad; and Golan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh.
About this coordinate
Joshua 20:8:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Joshua 20:8, so the Hebrew word מִמַּטֵּה־גָ֔ד (mimattegad) 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.20.8.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.8.W13.S1) and character.