Numbers 17:9:3Num.17.9.W3TABWLC Numbers 17:24
אֵת־כָּל־הַמַּטּוֹת
etkolhamatot
“all the staffs”
- Transliteration
- ET-KOL-ha-ma-TOT
- Extended
- EET-KOHL-hah-mah-TOT
- IPA
- /ʔeːtˈkolhamːaˈtoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- all 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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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-KOL-ha-ma-TOT
- 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 particle ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾēṯ} marks kol hamattot {כָּל הַמַּטֹּת | kol hammattōt} ‘all the staffs’ as the direct object, underscoring completeness.
Root and etymology
m-t-hmem–tav–he
“to stretch, 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 17:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 17:9, so the Hebrew word אֵת־כָּל־הַמַּטּוֹת (etkolhamatot) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.9.W3.S1) and character.