Exodus 4:20:12Exod.4.20.W12PAT
אֶת־מַטֵּ֥ה
etmatteh
“the staff of”
- Transliteration
- ET-mat-TEH
- Extended
- EET-maht-TEH
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːt.matˈteː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the staff of
- French
- le bâton de
- Spanish
- la vara de
- Portuguese
- o cajado de
- German
- den Stab
- Russian
- жезл
- Arabic-Simplified
- عصا
- Hindi
- लाठी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 杖
- Korean
- 지팡이
- Indonesian
- tongkat
- Bengali
- লাঠি
- Tagalog
- ang tungkod ng
- Swahili
- fimbo ya
- Amharic
- በትር
- Yoruba
- opa
- Igbo
- mkpara
- Twi
- poma no
- Ewe
- atikplɔ
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 | |
| 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
ET-mat-TEH
- phraseyour reading level
ET-mat-TEH ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yik-KAKH mo-SHEH ET-mat-TEH ha-e-lo-HIM be-ya-DO
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH mo-SHEH ET-ish-TO ve-ET-ba-NAV va-yar-ki-VEM al-ha-kha-MOR va-ya-SHAV ar-TSAH mits-RA-yim va-yik-KAKH mo-SHEH ET-mat-TEH ha-e-lo-HIM be-ya-DO
In context — Exodus 4:20
and took Moses his wife and his sons and made them ride on the donkey and returned to the land of Egypt and took Moses the staff of God in his hand
About this coordinate
Exodus 4:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 4:20, so the Hebrew word אֶת־מַטֵּ֥ה (etmatteh) 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.4.20.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.4.20.W12.S1) and character.