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title: מַתָּנָה — gift · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַתָּנָה (4979), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: gift. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַתָּנָה

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«מַתָּנָה» 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 4979 · **BDB:** מַתָּנָה

### Glosses

gifts (10); a.gift (3); a.bribe (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

gift [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4979/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4979/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. gift;—abs. מ׳ Nu 18:6 + 4 times; cstr. מַתְּנַת Dt 16:17; pl. מַתָּנֹת Gn 25:6 +, cstr. מַתְּנֹת Ex 28:38, sf. מַתְּנֹתֵיכֶם Ez 20:31 +; etc.;—gift, Gn 25:6 (J) Ez 46:16, 17; 2 Ch 21:3; offerings to י׳ Ex 28:38 (מַתְּנֹת קָדְשֵׁיכֶם), Lv 23:38 (disting. from נֶדֶר and נְדָבָה), Nu 18:29 (cf. מַתָּנָם v 11;—all P); rejected (idolatrous) offerings Ez 20:26, 31, 39; אִישׁ כְּמַתְּנַת יָדוֹ Dt 16:17 each man according to the gift of his hand, i.e. according to his ability; cf. לֶקַחְתָּ מ׳ בָּאָדָם ψ 68:19 thou (י׳) hast received gifts among men (i.e. either tribute gained by battle, cf. Che, or the offerings of those who turn to י׳ Hup-Now; \> gifts consisting of men JDMich Hgst Bö Ew DeWette); מ׳ used of Levites, as God’s gift to Aaron and his sons, Nu 18:6, whose priesthood is עֲבֹדַת מ׳ v 7, i.e. a service which is a gift from God; מַתָּנוֹת לָאֶבְיֹנִים Est 9:22 gifts to the poor; = bribe Pr 15:27 Ec 7:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 0 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 (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַתָּנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4979/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 15:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.27/)

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עֹכֵ֣ר בֵּ֭יתוֹ בּוֹצֵ֣עַ בָּ֑צַע וְשׂוֹנֵ֖א מַתָּנֹ֣ת יִחְיֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].troubling house his.own \[one.who\].gains.unjustly unjust.gain and \[one.who\].hates gifts he.will.live

*JPS 1917:* He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

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[Ecclesiastes 7:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.7.7/)

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כִּ֥י הָעֹ֖שֶׁק יְהוֹלֵ֣ל חָכָ֑ם וִֽיאַבֵּ֥ד אֶת־לֵ֖ב מַתָּנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) (the) oppression it.will.make.look.foolish a.wise.\[person\] and it.will.destroy (et) a.heart a.bribe

*JPS 1917:* Surely oppression turneth a wise man into a fool; and a gift destroyeth the understanding.

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