Numbers 18:2:3Num.18.2.W3TAB
מַטֵּ֨ה
matteh
“the tribe”
- Transliteration
- mat-TEH
- Extended
- maht-TEH
- IPA
- /matˈte/
Meaning by language
- English
- the tribe
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mat-TEH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-GAM ET-a-KHEI-kha mat-TEH le-VI
- clause
ve-GAM ET-a-KHEI-kha mat-TEH le-VI SHE-vet a-VI-kha hak-REV it-TACH ve-yil-LA-vu a-LEI-kha vi-shar-te-KHA
- sentence
ve-GAM ET-a-KHEI-kha mat-TEH le-VI SHE-vet a-VI-kha hak-REV it-TACH ve-yil-LA-vu a-LEI-kha vi-shar-te-KHA ve-a-TA u-va-NEI-kha it-TACH lif-NEI O-hel ha-e-DUT
Exegesis
The construct chain matteh Levi shevet avikha {מַטֵּה לֵוִי שֵׁבֶט אָבִיךָ | maṭ-tê lē-wî šē-veṭ ʾā-ḇî-kā} uses parallel nouns to specify the Levites’ lineage.
In context — Numbers 18:2
And also bring near your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, to be with you, and they will be joined to you and serve you; but you and your sons with you shall be before the tent of the testimony .
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 18:2, so the Hebrew word מַטֵּ֨ה (matteh) 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.18.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.2.W3.S1) and character.