Numbers 17:10:5Num.17.10.W5TABWLC Numbers 17:25
אֵ֤ת־מַטֵּה֙
etmateh
“the staff of”
- Transliteration
- et-ma-TEH
- Extended
- EET-mah-TEH
- IPA
- /ʔeːtmaˈteː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the staff of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-ma-TEH
- clause
va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ha-SHEV et-ma-TEH a-ha-RON lif-NEI ha-e-DUT
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ha-SHEV et-ma-TEH a-ha-RON lif-NEI ha-e-DUT le-mish-ME-ret le-OT liv-NEI-ME-ri u-te-KHAL-te-lu-no-TAM mei-a-LAI ve-LO-ya-MU-tu
Exegesis
The noun phrase matteh Aharon lifnei ha-edut {מַטֵּה אַהֲרֹן לִפְנֵי הָעֵדוּת | maṭ-ṭê a-hă-rôn lip̄-nê hā-ʾê-dûṯ} positions Aaron’s staff in proximity to the covenant testimony.
Root and etymology
נ־ט־ה
“branch, staff”
In context — Numbers 17:10
And the LORD said to Moses, “Place Aaron’s staff before the testimony , to be kept as a sign against the rebels, so that their murmurings will cease from upon Me and they will not die.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 17:10, so the Hebrew word אֵ֤ת־מַטֵּה֙ (etmateh) 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.17.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.10.W5.S1) and character.