Numbers 13:14:1Num.13.14.W1TAB
לְמַטֵּ֣ה
lemateh
“of the tribe of”
- Transliteration
- le-ma-TEH
- Extended
- leh-mah-TEH
- IPA
- /ləmə.taˈteː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the tribe of
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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 naf-ta-LI
- sentence
le-ma-TEH naf-ta-LI nakh-BI ben-vaf-SI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prepositional construct lametteh {לְמַטֵּ֣ה | le-mat-teh} ‘to/for the tribe’, forming a genitive locative phrase with the proper noun Naphtali {נַפְתָּלִ֔י | nap-tā-lî}, indicating tribal origin.
Root and etymology
Rootmem-tet-he
“branch, staff, tribe”
In context — Numbers 13:14
From the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 13:14, 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.13.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.14.W1.S1) and character.