וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה

   u-mi-ma-TEH

   and out of the tribe of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה רְאוּבֵ֔ן

   u-mi-ma-TEH re-u-VEN

   and out of the tribe of Reuben
3. clause🔊 וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה רְאוּבֵ֔ן אֶת־בֶּ֖צֶר וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ

   u-mi-ma-TEH re-u-VEN ET-BE-tser ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha

   and out of the tribe of Reuben Bezer with its pasturelands
4. sentence🔊 וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה רְאוּבֵ֔ן אֶת־בֶּ֖צֶר וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ וְאֶת־יַ֖הְצָה וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃

   u-mi-ma-TEH re-u-VEN ET-BE-tser ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-YAHT-sah ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha

   and out of the tribe of Reuben Bezer with its pasturelands Jahaz with its pasturelands

Exegesis

wə-min-matteh {וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה | wə-min-maṭ-ṯeh} ‘and from tribe’ functions as a continuation marker in the allocation list; ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet} ‘direct object marker’ specifies each place; construct suffix on migrash(eha) {מִגְרָשֶׁהָ | mi-ḡrā-še-hā} ‘its pasturelands’ binds the pastureland to the city. The parallel structure “X and its pasturelands, Y and its pasturelands” reflects Hebrew coordination, preserved in English through repeated conjunctions and possessive phrases to maintain referential symmetry.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 נ־ט־הn-t-h

“staff”

• 🔊 נָטָהnā-ṭāhto stretch outExodus 7:19