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title: מַטָּה — downwards · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַטָּה (4295), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: downwards. BDB 1906: adv. downwards. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַטָּה

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«מַטָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **downwards** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 19 times · **Key:** 4295 · **BDB:** מַ֫טָּה

### Glosses

downwards (18); beneath (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

downwards [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4295/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. downwards [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4295/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adv. downwards (from \[מַט\] for \[מַטֶּה\] a place of declension (cf. נָטֶה, 3 a), with ה—ָ loc., Ol222 b Köii. 260: cf. the opp. מַ֫עְלָה, sub עָלָה):— alone, Dt 28:43 and thou shalt descend מַ֫טָּה מָ֑֫טָּה downwards, downwards, i.e. lower and lower, Pr 15:24 לְמַעַן סוּר מִשְּׁאוֹל מ׳. לְמַ֫טָּה: downwards Dt 28:13 וְלֹא תִהְיֶה למ׳, Is 37:31 = 2 K 19:30 שֹׁרֶשׁ למ׳ (cf. Ph CISI. i. 2, 11 f. אל יכן לם שׁרשׁ למט ופר למעל let them not have root downwards, or fruit upwards), Je 31:37; Ec 3:21 2 Ch 32:30; Ezr 9:13 כי אתה חָשַׂכְתָּ לְמַ֫טָּה מֵעֲוֹנֵנוּ either (Be) hast kept back, downward, part of our iniquity (prevented it from appearing, and being counted against us), or, held us (Ges), or thy anger (Ke), back, below (cf. לְמַ֫עְלָה מֵעַל above, 2 Ch 34:4) our iniq. (punished us less than our iniq. deserved). וּלְמַ֫טָּה, (a) of space, and downwards, Ez 1:27 וּמִמַּרְאֵה מָתְנָיו ול׳, 8:2; (b) of age, and under, 1 Ch 27:23 לְמִבֶּן עשׂרים שׁנה ול׳. מִלְּמַ֫טָּה beneath (v. מִן 9 a: opp. מִלְמַעְלָה above), Ex 26:24 = 36:29, 27:5 = 38:4, 38:27 = 39:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 17 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַטָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4295/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 15:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.24/)

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אֹ֣רַח חַ֭יִּים לְמַ֣עְלָה לְמַשְׂכִּ֑יל לְמַ֥עַן ס֝֗וּר מִשְּׁא֥וֹל מָֽטָּה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].path of.life \[is\] upward upwards for \[one.who\].acts.prudently so.as to.turn.aside from Sheol beneath

*JPS 1917:* The path of life goeth upward for the wise, that he may depart from the nether-world beneath.

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[2 Kings 19:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.30/)

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וְיָ֨סְפָ֜ה פְּלֵיטַ֧ת בֵּית־יְהוּדָ֛ה הַנִּשְׁאָרָ֖ה שֹׁ֣רֶשׁ לְמָ֑טָּה וְעָשָׂ֥ה פְרִ֖י לְמָֽעְלָה׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.add the.escaped.remnant of.the.house of.Judah \[which\] remains a.root (to) downwards and it.will.produce fruit (to) upwards

*JPS 1917:* And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

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