Numbers 34:21:1Num.34.21.W1TAB
לְמַטֵּ֣ה
lemateh
“Of the tribe of”
- Transliteration
- le-ma-TEH
- Extended
- leh-mah-TEH
- IPA
- /ləmətaˈte/
Meaning by language
- English
- Of the tribe of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-ma-TEH
- phraseyour reading level
le-ma-TEH bin-ya-MIN
- sentence
le-ma-TEH bin-ya-MIN e-li-DAD ben-KIS-lon
Exegesis
The verse begins with the prepositional construct lematteh {לְמַטֵּה | lə-mattēh} ‘for the tribe’, where לְ attaches directly to the noun in construct state to introduce the tribal category.
Root and etymology
n-ṭ-hnun-tet-heh
“staff; branch”
In context — Numbers 34:21
For the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Kislon.
About this coordinate
Numbers 34:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 34:21, so the Hebrew word לְמַטֵּ֣ה (lemateh) 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.34.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.34.21.W1.S1) and character.