Numbers 20:9:3Num.20.9.W3TAB
אֶת־הַמַּטֶּ֖ה
ethamateh
“the staff”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-ma-TEH
- Extended
- EET-hah-ma-TEH
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.ham.maˈte/
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
- clause
va-yi-KAKH mo-SHEH et-ha-ma-TEH mi-lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yi-KAKH mo-SHEH et-ha-ma-TEH mi-lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH ka-a-SHER tsi-va-HU
Root and etymology
n-ṭ-hnun–ṭet–he
“to stretch out, extend”
In context — Numbers 20:9
And Moses took the staff from before the LORD , just as He had commanded him.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 20:9, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַמַּטֶּ֖ה (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.20.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.9.W3.S1) and character.