Numbers 17:2:15Num.17.2.W15TABWLC Numbers 17:17
מַטּוֹת
matot
“staffs”
- Transliteration
- ma-TOT
- Extended
- mah-TOHT
- IPA
- /ʃneːm.ʕaˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- staffs
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-TOT
- phraseyour reading level
ma-TOT EESH et-shMO tik-TOV
- clause
shnei-MA-saR ma-TOT EESH et-shMO tik-TOV al-ma-TEH-hu
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-KAKH me-eet-TAM ma-TEH ma-TEH le-VEIT AV me-ET kol-ne-si-EI-hem le-VEIT a-vo-TAM shnei-MA-saR ma-TOT EESH et-shMO tik-TOV al-ma-TEH-hu
Exegesis
The construct leveit avotam {לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם | lə-bêit ʾă-vō-tām} groups leaders by ancestral house, reinforced by the numeral shneim ʿasar matot {שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר מַטּוֹת | šnay-im ʿā-śār maṭ-tōt}.
Root and etymology
m-t-hmem–tav–he
“to stretch, extend”
In context — Numbers 17:2
Speak to the sons of Israel and take from them a staff from each of all their leaders , according to the house of their fathers, twelve staffs in all. You shall write each man’s name on his staff .
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:2:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 17:2, so the Hebrew word מַטּוֹת (matot) 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.17.2.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.2.W15.S1) and character.