מְטָא

Biblical Aramaic

reach — used 8 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

reach tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְטָא: vb. reach, attain tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. reach, attain (𝔗 id., Syriac ܡܛܳܐ, cf. Chr-Pal. SchulthLex. 108; Ethiopic መጠወ Arabic أَنْطَى (for أَمْطَى) NöZMG xi (1886), 736; distinct from BH מָצָא, etc., q.v.);— Pf. 3 ms. מְטָא Dn 4:25, ה—ָ 7:13, 22; 3 fs. מְטַת 4:19, מְטָת v 21 Qr (Kt, erron., מטית K§ 47, Beisp. 1) α)); 3 mpl. מְטוֹ 6:25; Impf. 3 ms. יִמִטֵא 4:8, 17;— reach, come to Dn 6:25 (ל loc.); come unto, as far as 7:13 (עַד pers.); abs. arrive 7:22 (of time; 𝔊 ἐδόθη; v. NesMM 41 who cp. Arabic عَطَى iv. give). reach, extend, ל loc. 4:8, 17, 19. c. עַל pers. come upon, befall 4:21, 25.

Jastrow 1903

מְטָא

The whole Jastrow entry

, v. מְטֵי

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it has reached (2); it reached (2); he reached (1).

In the verses

Daniel 4:25 · tree →

כֹּ֣לָּא מְּטָ֔א עַל־נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֖ר מַלְכָּֽא׃פ

Word for word: (the) everything it.came on Nebuchadnezzar the king

JPS 1917: All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.

Daniel 4:21 · tree →

דְּנָ֥ה פִשְׁרָ֖א מַלְכָּ֑א וּגְזֵרַ֤ת עִלָּאָה֙ הִ֔יא דִּ֥י מְטָ֖ת עַל־מָרִ֥י מַלְכָּֽא׃

Word for word: this [is].the interpretation O king and.[is] the.decree of the.Most.High it which it.has.reached to lord my the king

JPS 1917: this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king,

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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