---
title: מְטָא — reach · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: מְטָא (lemma:מְטָא), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 8 times: reach. BDB 1906: vb. reach, attain. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5d8_5b8_5d0.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Biblical Aramaic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/) / [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1502.md)‎ / מְטָא‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=arc -->
# מְטָא

<!-- .meta -->
«מְטָא» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **reach** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** lemma:מְטָא · **BDB:** מְטָא

### Glosses

it.has.reached (2); it.reached (2); he.reached (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

reach [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5d8_5b8_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. reach, attain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5d8_5b8_5d0/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**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

<!-- fold -->
**The whole Jastrow entry:** , v. מְטֵי

<!-- .note -->
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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְטָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5d8_5b8_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Daniel 4:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.25/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=arc -->
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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Daniel 4:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.21/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=arc -->
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,

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [מַחְלְקָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5d7_5b0_5dc_5b0_5e7_5b8_5d4.md)
- next →: [מִישָׁאֵל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5de_5b4_5d9_5e9_5b8_5c1_5d0_5b5_5dc.md)
- ↑ back to [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1502.md)