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title: מַטְרִי — Matri · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַטְרִי (4309), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Matri. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַטְרִי

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«מַטְרִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Matri** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4309 · **BDB:** מַטְרִי

### Glosses

Matri (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Matri [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4309/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4309/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. only c. art. as subst. coll. הַמּ׳ 1 S 10:21 a + v 21b 𝔊 The We Klo Dr Kit Bu HPS. 𝔊 Ματταρι.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַטְרִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4309/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 10:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.10.21/)

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וַיַּקְרֵ֞ב אֶת־שֵׁ֤בֶט בִּנְיָמִן֙ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔יו וַתִּלָּכֵ֖ד מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת הַמַּטְרִ֑י וַיִּלָּכֵד֙ שָׁא֣וּל בֶּן־קִ֔ישׁ וַיְבַקְשֻׁ֖הוּ וְלֹ֥א נִמְצָֽא׃

*Word for word:* and he.brought.near (et) the.tribe of.Benjamin to families its and it.was.taken.by.lot the.clan of.(the) Matri and he.was.taken.by.lot Saul the.son of.Kish and they sought.him and not he.was.found

*JPS 1917:* And he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families, and the family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken; but when they sought him, he could not be found.

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