Exodus 4:2:7Exod.4.2.W7PAT

מַטֶּֽה׃

mate

a staff

Transliteration
ma-TE
Extended
mah-TEH
IPA
/mat.ˈtɛ/

Meaning by language

English
a staff
French
un bâton
Spanish
una vara
Portuguese
um cajado
German
ein Stab
Russian
посох
Arabic-Simplified
عصا
Hindi
एक लाठी
Chinese-Simplified
一根杖
Korean
지팡이 하나
Indonesian
sebuah tongkat
Bengali
একটি লাঠি
Tagalog
isang tungkod
Swahili
fimbo
Amharic
በትር
Yoruba
ọ̀pá
Igbo
mkpanaka
Twi
poma
Ewe
atikplɔ

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Result
מַ + טֶּֽה׃
ma + te
mate

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tett — emphatic
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ma-TE

  2. clause

    va-yo-MER ma-TE

  3. sentence

    va-yo-MER e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH ma-ZEH ve-ya-DE-kha va-yo-MER ma-TE

In contextExodus 4:2

and said to him LORD what is this in your hand and he said a staff

About this coordinate

Exodus 4:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 4:2, so the Hebrew word מַטֶּֽה׃ (mate) 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 Exod.4.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.4.2.W7.S1) and character.