Numbers 17:3:5Num.17.3.W5TABWLC Numbers 17:18
עַל־מַטֵּ֑ה
almateh
“on the staff”
- Transliteration
- al-ma-TEH
- Extended
- ahl-mah-TEH
- IPA
- /ʕal.maˈteː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the staff
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
al-ma-TEH
- clause
ve-ET SHEM a-ha-RON takh-TOV al-ma-TEH
- sentence
ve-ET SHEM a-ha-RON takh-TOV al-ma-TEH le-VI KI ma-TEH e-KHAD le-ROSH BEIT a-vo-TAM
Exegesis
The construct phrase al matteh Levi {עַל־מַטֵּה לֵוִי | ʿal mattēh Lēwî} indicates placement and tribal association.
Root and etymology
Rootn-t-h
“to stretch”
In context — Numbers 17:3
And you shall write Aaron’s name upon the staff of Levi , for there shall be one staff for the head of each ancestral house.
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 17:3, so the Hebrew word עַל־מַטֵּ֑ה (almateh) 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.17.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.3.W5.S1) and character.