Joshua 21:17:1Josh.21.17.W1TAB
וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה
umimateh
“and from the tribe”
- Transliteration
- u-mi-ma-TEH
- Extended
- oo-mih-mah-TEH
- IPA
- /u.mim.matˈteː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and from the tribe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-mi-ma-TEH
- phraseyour reading level
u-mi-ma-TEH bin-ya-MIN
- clause
u-mi-ma-TEH bin-ya-MIN et-giv-ON ve-et-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- sentence
u-mi-ma-TEH bin-ya-MIN et-giv-ON ve-et-mig-ra-SHE-ha et-GE-va ve-et-mig-ra-SHE-ha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase umi-matteh {וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה | u-mim-maṯ-tê} ‘and from the tribe of’ introduces the source group of the allotment.
Root and etymology
n-t-hnun–tav–he
“branch, tribe”
In context — Joshua 21:17
And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon and its pasturelands , and Geba and its pasturelands.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 21:17, so the Hebrew word וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה (umimateh) 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.21.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.17.W1.S1) and character.