Joshua 21:38:1Josh.21.38.W1TAB
וּמִמַּטֵּה־גָ֗ד
umimategad
“and from the tribe of Gad”
- Transliteration
- u-mi-ma-TE-GAD
- Extended
- oo-mih-mah-TEH-GAAD
- IPA
- /u.mim.matˈteː.ˈɡaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and from the tribe of Gad
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-mi-ma-TE-GAD
- clause
u-mi-ma-TE-GAD ET-IR mik-LAT ha-ro-TSE-akh ET-ra-MOT ba-gil-AD ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- sentence
u-mi-ma-TE-GAD ET-IR mik-LAT ha-ro-TSE-akh ET-ra-MOT ba-gil-AD ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-ma-kha-NA-yim ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase u-mimmatteh {וּמִמַּטֵּה | ū-min-maṭ-ṭēh} ‘and from the tribe’ continues the enumeration of Levitical cities.
Root and etymology
n-ṭ-hn-ṭ-h
“branch; tribe”
In context — Joshua 21:38
From the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Ramoth in Gilead, with its pastures, and Mahanaim, with its pastures.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:38:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 21:38, so the Hebrew word וּמִמַּטֵּה־גָ֗ד (umimategad) 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.21.38.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.38.W1.S1) and character.