מַטֵּ֣ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מַטֵּ֣ה

   mat-TEH

   the tribe of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מַטֵּ֣ה זְבוּלֻ֔ן

   mat-TEH ze-vu-LUN

   the tribe of Zebulun
3. clause🔊 וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת בְּנֵֽי־מְרָרִי֮ הַלְוִיִּ֣ם הַנּוֹתָרִים֒ מֵאֵת֙ מַטֵּ֣ה זְבוּלֻ֔ן אֶֽת־יָקְנְעָ֖ם וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ

   u-le-mish-PE-khot be-NEI-me-ra-RI hal-vi-YIM ha-no-ta-RIM me-ET mat-TEH ze-vu-LUN et-yak-ne-AM ve-et-mig-ra-SHE-ha

   and to the families of the sons of Merari the Levites the remaining from the tribe of Zebulun Jokneam and its pastureland
4. sentence🔊 וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת בְּנֵֽי־מְרָרִי֮ הַלְוִיִּ֣ם הַנּוֹתָרִים֒ מֵאֵת֙ מַטֵּ֣ה זְבוּלֻ֔ן אֶֽת־יָקְנְעָ֖ם וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ אֶת־קַרְתָּ֖ה וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃

   u-le-mish-PE-khot be-NEI-me-ra-RI hal-vi-YIM ha-no-ta-RIM me-ET mat-TEH ze-vu-LUN et-yak-ne-AM ve-et-mig-ra-SHE-ha et-kar-TAH ve-et-mig-ra-SHE-ha

   and to the families of the sons of Merari the Levites the remaining from the tribe of Zebulun Jokneam and its pastureland Kartah and its pastureland

Exegesis

The phrase me-et matteh Zevulun {מֵאֵת מַטֵּה זְבוּלֻן | mē-’ēt maṭ-ṭê ze-vu-lun} ‘from the tribe of Zebulun’ indicates the tribal source.

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 נ־ט־הnun–tet–heh

“stretch out”

• 🔊 נָטָהnā-ṭāhhe stretched outExodus 7:19