Numbers 17:7:3Num.17.7.W3TABWLC Numbers 17:22
אֵת־הַמַּטּוֹת
ethamattot
“the staffs”
- Transliteration
- ET-ha-mat-TOT
- Extended
- EET-hah-mah-TTOHT
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.ham.matˈtoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the staffs
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ET-ha-mat-TOT
- sentence
va-ye-NAKH mo-SHEH ET-ha-mat-TOT lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH be-O-hel ha-e-DUT
Exegesis
The untranslatable direct-object-marker et {אֵת | ʾêt} signals hamattot {הַמַּטּוֹת | ham·ma·ṭṭōṯ} as the definite object.
Root and etymology
m-t-hmem–tav–he
“to stretch, extend”
In context — Numbers 17:7
And Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the testimony .
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 17:7, so the Hebrew word אֵת־הַמַּטּוֹת (ethamattot) 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.17.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.7.W3.S1) and character.