Joshua 21:5:6Josh.21.5.W6TAB
וּֽמִמַּטֵּה־דָ֞ן
umimattedan
“and from the tribe of Dan”
- Transliteration
- u-mi-mat-TE-DAN
- Extended
- oo-mee-maht-TEH-DAN
- IPA
- /u.mim.matˈteːˈdan/
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-mat-TE-DAN
- sentence
ve-li-vnei ke-HAT ha-no-ta-RIM mi-mish-pe-KHOT mat-TE-E-fra-YIM u-mi-mat-TE-DAN u-me-kha-TZI mat-TE me-na-SHE ba-go-RAL a-RIM a-SER
Exegesis
The repeated construct chain mi-mishpechot {מִמִּשְׁפְּחֹות | mim-miš-pə-ḥōt} ‘from the families of’ with matteh {מַטֵּה | maṯ-tê} ‘tribe’ establishes a distributive genitive for Ephraim, Dan, and half Manasseh.
Root and etymology
consonantsnun–tet–heh
“stretch out”
In context — Joshua 21:5
And to the sons of Kohath, the remaining ones , by lot ten cities were allotted from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan, and from half the tribe of Manasseh.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 21:5, so the Hebrew word וּֽמִמַּטֵּה־דָ֞ן (umimattedan) 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.21.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.5.W6.S1) and character.