Numbers 17:6:9Num.17.6.W9TABWLC Numbers 17:21
מַטֶּה
mateh
“a staff”
- Transliteration
- ma-TEH
- Extended
- mah-TEH
- IPA
- /maˈte/
Meaning by language
- English
- a staff
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ma-TEH
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER mo-SHEH el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yit-NU e-LAV kol-ne-si-EI-hem ma-TEH le-na-SI e-KHAD ma-TEH le-na-si-EM shneim-a-SAR ma-TOT u-ma-TEH a-ha-RON be-TOKh ma-to-TAM
Exegesis
Repetition of maṭ·tēh lə·nāśîʾ ʾe·ḥād {מַטֵּה לְנָשִׂיא אֶחָד | maṭ·tēh lə·nā·śîʾ ʾe·ḥād} emphasizes distributive allocation.
Root and etymology
Rootnun-tet-he
“to stretch out, extend”
In context — Numbers 17:6
And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and all their leaders gave him staffs—one staff for each leader, according to their ancestral houses—twelve staffs in all. And Aaron’s staff was among them.
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 17:6, so the Hebrew word מַטֶּה (mateh) 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.17.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.6.W9.S1) and character.