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title: מָטַר — rain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָטַר (4306), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 38 times: rain. BDB 1906: n.m. rain. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָטַר

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«מָטַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rain** — 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:** 38 times · **Key:** 4306 · **BDB:** מָטָר

### Glosses

rain (31); the.rain (5); of.rain (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4306/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. rain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4306/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ex 9:33 rain (Assyrian meṭru, DlHWB 406; Arabic مَطَرٌ; Sab. (Min.) מטר HomChrestom. 127, Aramaic מִטְרָא, ܡܶܛܪܳܐ );—מ׳ Ex 9:33 + 30 times; cstr. מְטַר Dt 11:11 + 5 times; pl.cstr. מִטְרוֹת Jb 37:6;—rain, as watering earth, especially Canaan, Dt 11:11 מ׳ הַשָּׁמַיִם; as blessing sent (vb. usually נָתַן) and withheld by י׳, Dt 11:14 (‖ יוֹרֶה, מַלְקוֹשׁ); v 17 (here מְ׳ אַרְצְכֶם); 28:12 1 K 8:35, 36; 17:1 (‖ טַל), 18:1 2 Ch 6:26, 27; 7:13 Jb 5:10 (‖ מַיִם), cf. 28:26; 36:27 ψ 147:8 (vb. מֵכִין); so מְ׳ זַרְעֲךָ Is 30:23 Zc 10:1 (‖ מַלְקוֹשׁ), v 1 מְטַר־גֶּשֶׁם; גֶּשֶׁם מָטָר Jb 37:6, גֶּשֶׁם מִטְרוֹת עֻזּוֹ v 6 (‖ שֶׁלֶג); 38:28 (‖ אֶגְלֵי־טָ֑ל) בְּרָקִים לַמּ׳ ψ 135:7 Je 10:13 = 51:16 (‖ הֲמוֹן מַיִם); also in נָתַן אֵת מְ׳ אַרְצְךָ אָבָק וְעָפָר Dt 28:24; cf. Is 5:6 (where acc. cogn. with הִמְטִיר); wish of David 2 S 1:21 (‖ טַל); מ׳ בַּקָּצִיר sim. of the unseasonable, Pr 26:1 (‖ שֶׁלָג בַּקַּיִץ); sent by extraord. supernat. power as sign Ex 9:33, 34 (J; both ‖ בָּרָד, קֹלוֹת) cf. 1 S 12:17, 18 (‖ קֹלוֹת); sim. of refreshment Dt 32:2 (‖ טַל), Jb 29:23 (‖ מַלְקוֹשׁ), ψ 72:6 (‖ רְבִיבִים). cf. 2 S 23:4; as destructive Pr 28:3 (מָטָר סֹחֵף); also fig., Is 4:6 (‖ זֶרֶם).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 36 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָטַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4306/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.27/)

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כִּ֭י יְגָרַ֣ע נִטְפֵי־מָ֑יִם יָזֹ֖קּוּ מָטָ֣ר לְאֵדֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) he.draws.up drops of.water they.refine rain to mist his

*JPS 1917:* For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;

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[Psalms 72:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.72.6/)

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יֵ֭רֵד כְּמָטָ֣ר עַל־גֵּ֑ז כִּ֝רְבִיבִ֗ים זַרְזִ֥יף אָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* he.will.come.down like rain on mown.grass like showers dropping of.\[the\].earth

*JPS 1917:* May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

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