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title: מַתָּן — gift · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַתָּן (4976), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: gift. BDB 1906: n.m. coll. gift(s). With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַתָּן

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«מַתָּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **gift** — 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:** 4976 · **BDB:** מַתָּן²

### Glosses

a.gift (2); \[the\].gift (1); of.gift (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

gift [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4976/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. coll. gift(s) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4976/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 18:16 coll. gift(s);—abs. מ׳ Gn 34:12 + 2 times; cstr. id. Pr 18:16 (v. Baer ad loc. Ges§ 92 g Köii 1, 98); sf. מַתָּנָם Nu 18:11;—marriage-gifts Gn 34:12 (J; + מֹהַר); offerings Nu 18:11 (P; תְּרוּמַת מ׳); elsewhere gen., gifts, presents, Pr 18:16; 21:14 (‖ שֹׁחַד); אִישׁ מַתָּן 19:6 = a giver of gifts.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַתָּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4976/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 18:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.18.16/)

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מַתָּ֣ן אָ֭דָם יַרְחִ֣יב ל֑וֹ וְלִפְנֵ֖י גְדֹלִ֣ים יַנְחֶֽנּוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].gift of.a.person it.makes.space for him and before great.\[people\] it leads.him

*JPS 1917:* A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

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[Proverbs 19:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.19.6/)

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רַ֭בִּים יְחַלּ֣וּ פְנֵֽי־נָדִ֑יב וְכָל־הָ֝רֵ֗עַ לְאִ֣ישׁ מַתָּֽן׃

*Word for word:* many.\[people\] they.entreat \[the\].face of.a.noble.\[person\] and everyone \[is\].the friend of a.person of.gift

*JPS 1917:* Many will entreat the favour of the liberal man; and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

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