Joshua 21:32:1Josh.21.32.W1TAB
וּמִמַּטֵּ֨ה
umimatteh
“and from the tribe”
- Transliteration
- u-mi-mat-TEH
- Extended
- oo-mih-mat-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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Word in context
- word
u-mi-mat-TEH
- phraseyour reading level
u-mi-mat-TEH nafta-LI
- clause
u-mi-mat-TEH nafta-LI ET-IR mik-LAT ha-ro-TSE-akh ET-KE-desh ba-ga-LIL ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-kha-MOT DO-ar ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-kar-TAN ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- sentence
u-mi-mat-TEH nafta-LI ET-IR mik-LAT ha-ro-TSE-akh ET-KE-desh ba-ga-LIL ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-kha-MOT DO-ar ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-kar-TAN ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha a-RIM sha-LOSH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prepositional phrase ū-mimmattêh {וּמִמַּטֵּ֨ה | ū-mi-mattêh} ‘and from the tribe’, where the vav-prefixed preposition introduces the tribal source.
Root and etymology
consonantsnun–tet–heh
“stretch out”
In context — Joshua 21:32
And from the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the manslayer , namely Kedesh in Galilee with its pastureland, Hammoth Dor with its pastureland, and Kartan with its pastureland—three cities in all.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 21:32, so the Hebrew word וּמִמַּטֵּ֨ה (umimatteh) 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.21.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.32.W1.S1) and character.