Numbers 1:35:2Num.1.35.W2TAB
לְמַטֵּ֣ה
lemateh
“of the tribe”
- Transliteration
- le-ma-TEH
- Extended
- leh-mah-TEH
- IPA
- /ləmateˈh/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the tribe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ma-TEH
- phraseyour reading level
le-ma-TEH me-na-SHEH
- clause
pe-ku-DEI-hem le-ma-TEH me-na-SHEH
- sentence
pe-ku-DEI-hem le-ma-TEH me-na-SHEH she-NA-im u-she-lo-SHIM E-lef u-ma-ta-YIM
Exegesis
The construct pekudeihem {פְּקֻדֵיהֶם | pə-quḏ-dê-hêm} ‘their mustered ones’ forms a genitive link with lematteh {לְמַטֵּה | lə-mat-têh} ‘to the tribe’, specifying group affiliation.
Root and etymology
נ-ט-ה
“staff, tribe, branch”
In context — Numbers 1:35
The number of those mustered from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200 .
About this coordinate
Numbers 1:35:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 1:35, so the Hebrew word לְמַטֵּ֣ה (lemateh) 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 Num.1.35.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.1.35.W2.S1) and character.