Numbers 13:4:3Num.13.4.W3TAB
לְמַטֵּ֣ה
lemate
“of the tribe”
- Transliteration
- le-ma-TE
- Extended
- leh-mah-TEH
- IPA
- /ləmaˈte/
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-TE
- phraseyour reading level
le-ma-TE re-u-VEN
- clause
le-ma-TE re-u-VEN sha-MU-a ben-ZA-kur
- sentence
ve-E-le she-mo-TAM le-ma-TE re-u-VEN sha-MU-a ben-ZA-kur
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase le-matteh {לְמַטֵּ֣ה | lə-mat-tê} ‘for tribe’ defines the scope of the enumeration.
Root and etymology
n-t-hnun-tet-he
“branch, staff or clan”
In context — Numbers 13:4
And these are their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 13:4, so the Hebrew word לְמַטֵּ֣ה (lemate) 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.13.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.4.W3.S1) and character.