Numbers 13:8:1Num.13.8.W1TAB
לְמַטֵּ֥ה
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 ef-RA-yim
- sentence
le-ma-TEH ef-RA-yim ho-SHE-a bin-NUN
Exegesis
The verse begins with the prepositional phrase lematteh {לְמַטֵּה | lə-mattēh} ‘for the tribe’, establishing a belonging context typical of census or allotment lists.
Root and etymology
מ־ט־ה
“staff; branch; tribe”
In context — Numbers 13:8
From the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun .
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 13:8, so the Hebrew word לְמַטֵּ֥ה (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.13.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.8.W1.S1) and character.