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title: מַתָּן — Mattan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַתָּן (4977), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Mattan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. 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: **Mattan** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4977 · **BDB:** מַתָּן³

### Glosses

Mattan (2); of.Mattan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mattan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4977/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4977/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. priest of Baal at Jerusalem 2 K 11:18 = 2 Ch 23:17; 𝔊 Μαγθαν, Ματθαν, 𝔊L Ματθαν. father of Shephatiah, in Judah Je 38:1; 𝔊 Ναθαν, Μαθθᾱ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 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/1502/4977/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 38:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.38.1/)

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע שְׁפַטְיָ֣ה בֶן־מַתָּ֗ן וּגְדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ בֶּן־פַּשְׁח֔וּר וְיוּכַל֙ בֶּן־שֶׁ֣לֶמְיָ֔הוּ וּפַשְׁח֖וּר בֶּן־מַלְכִּיָּ֑ה אֶ֨ת־הַדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֧ר יִרְמְיָ֛הוּ מְדַבֵּ֥ר אֶל־כָּל־הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.heard Shephatiah the.son of.Mattan and Gedaliah the.son of.Pashhur and Jucal the.son of.Shelemiah and Pashhur the.son of.Malkijah (et) the words which Jeremiah \[was\].speaking to all the people (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke unto all the people, saying:

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[2 Chronicles 23:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.23.17/)

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וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ כָל־הָעָ֤ם בֵּית־הַבַּ֙עַל֙ וַֽיִּתְּצֻ֔הוּ וְאֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתָ֥יו וְאֶת־צְלָמָ֖יו שִׁבֵּ֑רוּ וְאֵ֗ת מַתָּן֙ כֹּהֵ֣ן הַבַּ֔עַל הָרְג֖וּ לִפְנֵ֥י הַֽמִּזְבְּחֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and they.went all the people the.house of.(the) Baal and they pulled.it.down and (et) altars its and (et) images its they.broke and (et) Mattan the.priest of.(the) Baal they.killed before the altars

*JPS 1917:* And all the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

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