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title: מַתְּנַי — Mattenai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַתְּנַי (4982), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Mattenai. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַתְּנַי

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«מַתְּנַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Mattenai** — 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:** 4982 · **BDB:** מַתְּנַי²

### Glosses

Mattenai (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mattenai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4982/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4982/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (abbrev. from foregoing);—𝔊 Μαθ(θ)ανια, Μαθθαναι;— a priest Ne 12:19. name of two who took strange wives: Ezr 10:33. v 37.

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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 «מַתְּנַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4982/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 10:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.37/)

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מַתַּנְיָ֥ה מַתְּנַ֖י וְיַעֲשָֽׂי׃

*Word for word:* Mattaniah Mattenai and Jaasai

*JPS 1917:* Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasai;

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[Nehemiah 12:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.19/)

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וּלְיוֹיָרִ֣יב מַתְּנַ֔י לִֽידַֽעְיָ֖ה עֻזִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* and of Joiarib Mattenai of Jedaiah Uzzi

*JPS 1917:* and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

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