Numbers 2:22:1Num.2.22.W1TAB
וּמַטֵּ֖ה
umateh
“and the tribe”
- Transliteration
- u-ma-TEH
- Extended
- oo-ma-TEH
- IPA
- /u.maˈteː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the tribe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
u-ma-TEH
- clause
u-ma-TEH bin-ya-MIN
- sentence
u-ma-TEH bin-ya-MIN ve-na-SI liv-NEI bin-ya-MIN a-vi-DAN ben-GID-o-ni
Exegesis
The conjunction vav {וּ | ū} prefixed to matteh {מַטֵּה | mā-ṭēh} ‘tribe’ signals continuation in the census sequence.
Root and etymology
נ־ט־ה
“staff, rod,”
In context — Numbers 2:22
And next shall be the tribe of Benjamin, and the leader of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan son of Gideoni.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 2:22, so the Hebrew word וּמַטֵּ֖ה (umateh) 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.2.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.22.W1.S1) and character.