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title: מַטְמֹן — hidden treasure · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַטְמֹן (4301), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: hidden treasure. BDB 1906: n.m. hidden treasure, treasure;. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַטְמֹן

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«מַטְמֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hidden treasure** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 4301 · **BDB:** מַטְמוֹן

### Glosses

hidden.treasures (2); hidden.treasure (1); than.hidden.treasures (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hidden treasure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4301/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. hidden treasure, treasure; [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4301/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. hidden treasure, treasure;—abs. מַטְמוֹן Gn 43:23; pl. מַטְמֹנִים Je 41:8 Pr 2:4; מַטְמוֹנִים Jb 3:21; cstr. מַטְמֻנֵי Is 45:3; (hidden) treasure Gn 43:23 (of money in sacks); מַטְמֻנֵי מִסְתָּרים Is 45:3 (i.e. treasures now hidden in secret places, shall become spoil of Cyrus; ‖ אוצרות חשׁך), Je 41:8, appos. חִטִּים שְׂעֹרִים שֶׁמֶן דבשׁ; in compar. Jb 3:21 (longing for death more than for treasure), Pr 2:4 (wisdom sought for like treasure).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַטְמֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4301/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 2:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.4/)

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אִם־תְּבַקְשֶׁ֥נָּה כַכָּ֑סֶף וְֽכַמַּטְמוֹנִ֥ים תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃

*Word for word:* if you will.seek.it like (the) silver and like.(the) hidden treasures you will.search.for.it

*JPS 1917:* If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;

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[Job 3:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.21/)

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הַֽמְחַכִּ֣ים לַמָּ֣וֶת וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וַֽ֝יַּחְפְּרֻ֗הוּ מִמַּטְמוֹנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* \[those who\].wait for (the) death and it.\[is\] not and they dug.for.it more than.hidden.treasures

*JPS 1917:* Who long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

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