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title: מַתַּנְיָה — Mattaniah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַתַּנְיָה (4983), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: Mattaniah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַתַּנְיָה

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«מַתַּנְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Mattaniah** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 4983 · **BDB:** מַתַּנְיָ֫הוּ

### Glosses

Mattaniah (9); of.Mattaniah (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mattaniah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4983/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4983/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (cf. GrayProp. N. 294, No. 82);—𝔊 Μαθθας, Μανθανιας, Ματθανιας, etc.;— מַתַּנְיָה, last king of Judah, name changed to Zedekiah 2 K 24:17. מַתַּנְיָ֫הוּ, Levite name: son of Heman 1 Ch 25:4. Asaphite 1 Ch 25:16. id., 2 Ch 29:13 (Hezekiah’s time). מַתַּנְיָה, Levite name: Asaphite 1 Ch 9:15; Ne 11:17, 22; 12:8, 35, perhaps = 2 b, c (but much confusion and uncertainty; e.g. מ׳ is of Hezekiah’s time 2 Ch 29:13, and 4th generation before Neh., Ne 11:22; 12:35; while contemp. of Zerub. 12:8 and of Neh. 11:17). other Levites: (1) 2 Ch 20:14, (2) Ne 12:25, (3) 13:13. מַתַּנְיָה, name of several who took strange wives: Ezr 10:26. v 27. v 30. v 37.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַתַּנְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4983/), 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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[1 Chronicles 9:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.15/)

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וּבַקְבַּקַּ֥ר חֶ֖רֶשׁ וְגָלָ֑ל וּמַתַּנְיָה֙ בֶּן־מִיכָ֔א בֶּן־זִכְרִ֖י בֶּן־אָסָֽף׃

*Word for word:* and Bakbakkar Heresh and Galal and Mattaniah the.son of.Mica the.son of.Zikri the.son of.Asaph

*JPS 1917:* and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

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