Joshua 21:20:10Josh.21.20.W10TAB
מִמַּטֵּ֖ה
mimatteh
“from the tribe”
- Transliteration
- mi-mat-TEH
- Extended
- mee-maht-TEH
- IPA
- /mim.matˈte/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the tribe
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-mat-TEH
- clause
va-ye-HI a-REI go-ra-LAM mi-mat-TEH ef-RA-yim
- sentence
u-le-mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI-ke-HAT hal-vi-YIM ha-no-ta-RIM mib-NEI ke-HAT va-ye-HI a-REI go-ra-LAM mi-mat-TEH ef-RA-yim
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mimatteh Ephraim {מִמַּטֵּ֖ה אֶפְרָֽיִם | min-mat-tê ’e-p̄rā-yim} ‘from the tribe of Ephraim’ identifies the tribal source. English renderings break construct chains for clarity and preserve the participial nuance of hanotarim.
Root and etymology
נ־ט־הnth
“branch, tribe”
In context — Joshua 21:20
And the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites who remained , received the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 21:20, so the Hebrew word מִמַּטֵּ֖ה (mimatteh) 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.21.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.20.W10.S1) and character.