Joshua 21:23:1Josh.21.23.W1TAB
וּמִמַּ֨טֵּה־דָ֔ן
umimatehdan
“and from the tribe of Dan”
- Transliteration
- u-mi-ma-TEH-DAN
- Extended
- oo-mih-mah-TEH-DAAN
- IPA
- /u.mim.matˈteː-ˈdaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and from the tribe of Dan
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 | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-mi-ma-TEH-DAN
- clause
u-mi-ma-TEH-DAN ET-EL-te-KE ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- sentence
u-mi-ma-TEH-DAN ET-EL-te-KE ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ET-gib-be-TON ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha
Exegesis
The verse opens with a source phrase, u-mim-matteh-dan {וּמִמַּטֵּה־דָן | ū-mim-maṭ-ṭēh-dān} ‘and from the tribe of Dan’, marking the next tribal group in an ongoing allocation list.
Root and etymology
נ־ט־הNun–Tet–Heh
“to stretch out”
In context — Joshua 21:23
And from the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its pasturelands, Gibbethon and its pasturelands.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 21:23, so the Hebrew word וּמִמַּ֨טֵּה־דָ֔ן (umimatehdan) 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.21.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.23.W1.S1) and character.