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title: מַתַּת — gift · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַתַּת (4991), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: gift. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַתַּת

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«מַתַּת» 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 4991 · **BDB:** מַתַּת²

### Glosses

\[is\].a.gift (2); a.gift (2); \[will.be\].the.gift (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

gift [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4991/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4991/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. gift;—abs. מַתָּ֑ת 1 K 13:7; cstr. מַתַּת Pr 25:14 + 4 times;—gift = reward 1 K 13:7; מַתַּת יָדוֹ the gift of his hand, i.e. of his power, what he is able to give Ez 46:5, 11 (cf. מַתָּנָה and יָד 2); מ׳ אֱלֹהִים Ec 3:13 the gift of God (of the enjoyment of man), so 5:18; מ׳ שָׁ֑קֶר Pr 25:14 a gift of falsity, i.e. one promised and not given.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַתַּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4991/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 25:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.14/)

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נְשִׂיאִ֣ים וְ֭רוּחַ וְגֶ֣שֶׁם אָ֑יִן אִ֥ישׁ מִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ל בְּמַתַּת־שָֽׁקֶר׃

*Word for word:* clouds and wind and rain there.\[is\].not a.person \[who\].boasts in a.gift of.falsehood

*JPS 1917:* As vapours and wind without rain, so is he that boasteth himself of a false gift.

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[Ecclesiastes 3:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.3.13/)

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וְגַ֤ם כָּל־הָאָדָם֙ שֶׁיֹּאכַ֣ל וְשָׁתָ֔ה וְרָאָ֥ה ט֖וֹב בְּכָל־עֲמָל֑וֹ מַתַּ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֖ים הִֽיא׃

*Word for word:* and also every (the) person who he.will.eat and he.will.drink and he.will.see good in all toil his \[is\].a.gift of.God it

*JPS 1917:* But also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy pleasure for all his labour, is the gift of God.

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