Numbers 13:11:3Num.13.11.W3TAB
לְמַטֵּ֣ה
lemateh
“from the tribe of”
- Transliteration
- le-ma-TEH
- Extended
- leh-mah-TEH
- IPA
- /ləmaˈteː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the tribe of
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
le-ma-TEH yo-SEF le-ma-TEH me-na-SHEH
- sentence
le-ma-TEH yo-SEF le-ma-TEH me-na-SHEH ga-DI ben-SU-si
Exegesis
The verse employs a distributive listing pattern marked by the preposition lə- in lematteh {לְמַטֵּה | lə·mattēh} ‘for the tribe’, framing each element.
It names yosef {יוֹסֵף | yō·seph} ‘Joseph’ first, then repeats lematteh {לְמַטֵּה | lə·mattēh} before menasheh {מְנַשֶּׁה | men·nā·šēh} ‘Manasseh’, reflecting hierarchical ordering from tribe to sub-tribe.
Root and etymology
“branch, rod”
In context — Numbers 13:11
From the tribe of Joseph, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 13:11, 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.13.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.11.W3.S1) and character.