Numbers 20:8:2Num.20.8.W2TAB
אֶת־הַמַּטֶּ֗ה
ethamateh
“the staff”
- Transliteration
- ET-ha-ma-TEH
- Extended
- EET-hah-mah-TEH
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːt.ham.maˈteː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the staff
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ET-ha-ma-TEH
- phraseyour reading level
KAKH ET-ha-ma-TEH
- clause
KAKH ET-ha-ma-TEH ve-hak-HEL ET-ha-e-DAH a-TA ve-a-ha-RON a-KHI-kha ve-dib-bar-TEM el-ha-SE-la le-ey-NEY-hem ve-na-TAN mei-MAV
- sentence
KAKH ET-ha-ma-TEH ve-hak-HEL ET-ha-e-DAH a-TA ve-a-ha-RON a-KHI-kha ve-dib-bar-TEM el-ha-SE-la le-ey-NEY-hem ve-na-TAN mei-MAV ve-ho-tse-TA la-HEM MA-yim min-ha-SE-la ve-hish-KI-ta ET-ha-e-DA ve-ET-be-i-RAM
Exegesis
The particle ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} marks both the staff (hamatteh {הַמַּטֶּה | hammāṭṭeh}) and the congregation (haʿēdāh {הָעֵדָה | hā-ʿêdāh}) as direct objects.
Root and etymology
נ־ט־הn-t-h
“to stretch out”
In context — Numbers 20:8
Take the staff and assemble the congregation—you and Aaron your brother—and speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will release its water. You shall bring water out for them from the rock and provide the congregation and their livestock water to drink.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 20:8, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַמַּטֶּ֗ה (ethamateh) 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.20.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.8.W2.S1) and character.