Numbers 17:9:11Num.17.9.W11TABWLC Numbers 17:24
מַטֵּהוּ׃
matehu
“his staff.”
- Transliteration
- ma-TE-hu
- Extended
- mah-TEH-hu
- IPA
- /matːeˈhu/
Meaning by language
- English
- his staff.
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-TE-hu
- sentence
va-yo-TSE mo-SHEH ET-KOL-ha-ma-TOT mi-lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH el-KOL-be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-ya-REU va-yik-KHU EESH ma-TE-hu
Exegesis
The paired vav-consecutive forms vayyirʾū {וַיִּרְאוּ | wayyiyrʾū} ‘and they saw’ and vayyikkḥū {וַיִּקְּחוּ | wayyiyqqəḥū} ‘and they took’ coordinate group observation and action, with ish mattehu {אִישׁ מַטֵּהוּ | īš mattehû} ‘each man his staff’ highlighting individual accountability within the communal setting.
Root and etymology
n-t-hnun-tet-heh
“to stretch out, extend”
In context — Numbers 17:9
And Moses brought out all the staffs from before the LORD to all the sons of Israel. They saw, and each man took his staff .
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:9:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 17:9, so the Hebrew word מַטֵּהוּ׃ (matehu) 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.17.9.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.9.W11.S1) and character.