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title: מַטָּע — place · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַטָּע (4302), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: place. BDB 1906: n.m. place act of planting; plantation. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַטָּע

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«מַטָּע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **place** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 4302 · **BDB:** מַטָּע²

### Glosses

a.planting.place (1); its.planting (1); my.planting(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4302/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. place act of planting; plantation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4302/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. place, or act of planting; plantation;—abs. מ׳ Ez 34:29; cstr. מַטַּע Is 61:3; sf. מַטָּעוֹ Is 60:21 (Kt; Qr מַטָּעַי); מַטָּעָהּ Ez 17:7, also 31:4, but read מַטָּעֹה 𝔊 Hi Co Berthol Toy; pl. cstr. מַטָּעֵי Mi 1:6;— planting-place, מַטָּעֵי כָ֑רֶם Mi 1:6 planting-place for a vineyard, so Ez 31:4 (read מַטָּעֹה, v. supr.); prob. also מ׳ לִשֵׁם 34:29 מ׳ שָׁלֹם 𝔊 Co Berthol Toy i.e. peaceful (fruitful) planting-place; cf. עֲרֻגוֹת מ׳ 17:7 = beds where it was planted. act of planting נֵצֶר מ׳ Is 60:21 shoot of his (my) planting (fig. of people). מ׳ י׳ Is 61:3 plantation of י׳ (id.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַטָּע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4302/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 60:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.60.21/)

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וְעַמֵּךְ֙ כֻּלָּ֣ם צַדִּיקִ֔ים לְעוֹלָ֖ם יִ֣ירְשׁוּ אָ֑רֶץ נֵ֧צֶר מַטָּעַ֛י מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדַ֖י לְהִתְפָּאֵֽר׃

*Word for word:* and people your of.them all \[will.be\].righteous forever of.perpetuity they.will.possess \[the\].land \[they.are\].the.shoot my.planting(s) my the.work my.hands my to glorify.myself

*JPS 1917:* Thy people also shall be all righteous, they shall inherit the land for ever; the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, wherein I glory.

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[Micah 1:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.1.6/)

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וְשַׂמְתִּ֥י שֹׁמְר֛וֹן לְעִ֥י הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה לְמַטָּ֣עֵי כָ֑רֶם וְהִגַּרְתִּ֤י לַגַּי֙ אֲבָנֶ֔יהָ וִיסֹדֶ֖יהָ אֲגַלֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.make Samaria into.(the) heap.of.ruins of the.field into planting.place(s) of.a.vineyard and I.will.pour.down to the valley stones its and foundations its I.will.uncover

*JPS 1917:* Therefore I will make Samaria a heap in the field, a place for the planting of vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof.

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