Numbers 21:18:10Num.21.18.W10TAB
מַתָּנָֽה׃
matanah
“to Mattanah”
- Transliteration
- ma-ta-NAH
- Extended
- mah-tah-NAH
- IPA
- /mat.taˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Mattanah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-ta-NAH
- clause
u-mim-mid-BAR ma-ta-NAH
- sentence
be-ER kha-fa-RU-ha sa-REEM ka-RU-ha ne-dee-VEI ha-AM bim-kho-KEK be-mish-a-no-TAM u-mim-mid-BAR ma-ta-NAH
Exegesis
The conjunction umimidbar {וּמִמִּדְבָּ֖ר | ū-mi-mid-bār} ‘and from the wilderness’ signals a geographical shift to Mattanah {מַתָּנָֽה | maṯ-ṭā-nā}.
Root and etymology
Rootn-t-n
“to give”
In context — Numbers 21:18
The well that the princes dug and that the nobles of the people bored out with the scepter and with their staffs. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 21:18, so the Hebrew word מַתָּנָֽה׃ (matanah) 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.21.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.18.W10.S1) and character.