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title: מַת — male · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַת (4962), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: male. BDB 1906: n.m. male, man. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַת

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«מַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **male** — 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:** 22 times · **Key:** 4962 · **BDB:** מַת

### Glosses

men (15); of.men (2); the.men (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

male [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4962/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. male, man [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4962/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. male, man (מְתוּ־ in n.pr.; Zinj. מת coll. males, male offspring; Assyrian mutu, husband; Ethiopic ምት: id.; cf. Egyptian m-t, phallus, male, Steindorff in BaNB § 2 b, δ);—only pl. מְתִים Jb 11:3 + 3 times, מְתִם Dt 2:34; 3:6 + Ju 20:48 (probably), for MT מְתֹם, so GFM; cstr. מְתֵי Gn 34:30 + 13 times; sf. 2 fs. מְתַיִךְ Is 3:25; 3 ms. מְתָיו Dt 33:6;— males, men, Is 3:25 (‖ גְּכוּרָתֵךְ); more distinctly, עִיר מְתִם (וְ)הַנָּשִׁים וְהַטָּף Dt 2:34; 3:6 every city of males (male population, cf. Dr), and the women, etc.; Ju 20:48 (v. supr.; opp. בְּהֵמָה). usually less emphasis on sex, in prose only phr.: מְתֵי מִסְפָּר men of number (numerable, i.e. few) Gn 34:30 (J; appos. of אֲנִי = Jacob, representing his family), Dt 4:27 Je 44:28, also ψ 105:12 = 1 Ch 16:19; cf. וִיהִי מְתָיו מִסְפָּר Dt 33:6 and (but) let his men be few. בִּמְתֵי מְעָ֑ט = consisting of a few men Dt 26:5; 28:62. elsewhere only poet., sex usually not emph.: Jb 11:3; 24:12 ψ 17:14(×2) (but text prob. corrupt, cf. Bae We; at least om. ממתים ידך Ol Bi Che, cf. Hup-Now); מְתֵי ישׂראל Is 41:14. poet. phr.: מְתֵי שָׁוְא men of falsehood Jb 11:11 ψ 26:4; מ׳ אָוֶן Jb 22:15 men of wickedness; מ׳ סוֹדִי 19:19 men of my circle; מ׳ אָהֳלִי Jb 31:31 men of my tent (household); מ׳ רָעָב Is 5:13 men of hunger, but read probably מְזֵי ר׳ sucked out, empty from hunger (as Dt 32:24) Ew De Che Di Du (cf. מָזֶה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4962/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 22:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.15/)

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הַאֹ֣רַח עוֹלָ֣ם תִּשְׁמֹ֑ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר דָּרְכ֣וּ מְתֵי־אָֽוֶן׃

*Word for word:* a path? of.antiquity will.you.keep which they.have.trodden men of.wickedness

*JPS 1917:* Wilt thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?

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[Job 11:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.3/)

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בַּ֭דֶּיךָ מְתִ֣ים יַחֲרִ֑ישׁווַ֝תִּלְעַ֗ג וְאֵ֣ין מַכְלִֽם׃

*Word for word:* boasts your.empty men will.they.silence? and have.you.mocked? and there.\[is\].not \[one.who\].puts.to.shame

*JPS 1917:* Thy boastings have made men hold their peace, and thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed;

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