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title: מַתִּתְיָה — Mattithiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַתִּתְיָה (4993), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Mattithiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַתִּתְיָה

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«מַתִּתְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Mattithiah** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 4993 · **BDB:** מַתִּתְיָ֫הוּ

### Glosses

Mattithiah (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mattithiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4993/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4993/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (cf. GrayProp. N. 294, No. 81);—𝔊 Ματταθιας, etc.;— a Levitical musician, מַתִּתְיָ֫הוּ 1 Ch 15:18, 21; 25:3, 21 = מַתִּתְיָה 16:5. מַתִּתְיָה, Levitical name 1 Ch 9:31. מ׳, attendant of Ezra (also Levite?) Ne 8:4. one of those who took strange wives Ezr 10:43.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַתִּתְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4993/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 10:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.43/)

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מִבְּנֵ֖י נְב֑וֹ יְעִיאֵ֤ל מַתִּתְיָה֙ זָבָ֣ד זְבִינָ֔א יַדַּ֥י וְיוֹאֵ֖ל בְּנָיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* of the.sons of.Nebo Jeiel Mattithiah Zabad Zebina Jaddai and Joel Benaiah

*JPS 1917:* Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, and Joel, Benaiah.

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[1 Chronicles 9:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.31/)

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וּמַתִּתְיָה֙ מִן־הַלְוִיִּ֔ם ה֥וּא הַבְּכ֖וֹר לְשַׁלֻּ֣ם הַקָּרְחִ֑י בֶּאֱמוּנָ֕ה עַ֖ל מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה הַחֲבִתִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and Mattithiah one.of the Levites he \[was\].the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite in faithfulness \[was\].over the.work of the.flat.cakes

*JPS 1917:* And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were baked on griddles.

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