מַתָּן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4976

gift — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

gift tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַתָּן²: n.m. coll. gift(s) tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Pr 18:16 coll. gift(s);—abs. מ׳ Gn 34:12 + 2 times; cstr. id. Pr 18:16 (v. Baer ad loc. Ges§ 92 g Köii 1, 98); sf. מַתָּנָם Nu 18:11;—marriage-gifts Gn 34:12 (J; + מֹהַר); offerings Nu 18:11 (P; תְּרוּמַת מ׳); elsewhere gen., gifts, presents, Pr 18:16; 21:14 (‖ שֹׁחַד); אִישׁ מַתָּן 19:6 = a giver of gifts.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a gift (2); [the] gift (1); of gift (1).

In the verses

Proverbs 18:16 · tree →

מַתָּ֣ן אָ֭דָם יַרְחִ֣יב ל֑וֹ וְלִפְנֵ֖י גְדֹלִ֣ים יַנְחֶֽנּוּ׃

Word for word: [the].gift of.a.person it.makes.space for him and before great.[people] it leads.him

JPS 1917: A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

Proverbs 19:6 · tree →

רַ֭בִּים יְחַלּ֣וּ פְנֵֽי־נָדִ֑יב וְכָל־הָ֝רֵ֗עַ לְאִ֣ישׁ מַתָּֽן׃

Word for word: many.[people] they.entreat [the].face of.a.noble.[person] and everyone [is].the friend of a.person of.gift

JPS 1917: Many will entreat the favour of the liberal man; and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

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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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