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Strong's #4295 - מַטָּה

Transliteration
maṭṭâh
Phonetics
mat'-taw
Origin
from (H5786) with directive enclitic appended
Parts of Speech
Adverb
TWOT
1352a
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) downwards, below

1a) downwards

1b) under (of age)

1c) beneath

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 2736 ‑ κατωτέρω (kat'‑o, kat‑o‑ter'‑o);  5270 ‑ ὑποκάτω (hoop‑ok‑at'‑o);  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (18)
Exodus 6
Deuteronomy 2
2 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 1
Ezra 1
Proverbs 1
Ecclesiastes 1
Isaiah 1
Jeremiah 1
Ezekiel 2
NAS (16)
Exodus 4
Deuteronomy 3
2 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 1
Ezra 1
Proverbs 1
Ecclesiastes 1
Isaiah 1
Jeremiah 1
Ezekiel 2
HCS (19)
Exodus 6
Deuteronomy 3
2 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 1
Ezra 1
Proverbs 1
Ecclesiastes 1
Isaiah 1
Jeremiah 1
Ezekiel 2
BSB (19)
Exodus 6
Deuteronomy 3
2 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 1
Ezra 1
Proverbs 1
Ecclesiastes 1
Isaiah 1
Jeremiah 1
Ezekiel 2
ESV (13)
Deuteronomy 3
2 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 1
Ezra 1
Proverbs 1
Ecclesiastes 1
Isaiah 1
Jeremiah 1
Ezekiel 2
WEB (19)
Exodus 6
Deuteronomy 3
2 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 1
Ezra 1
Proverbs 1
Ecclesiastes 1
Isaiah 1
Jeremiah 1
Ezekiel 2
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1308) un (נתה NTh) AC: Spread CO: Squash AB: ?: The pictograph n is a picture of a seed, the u is a picture of a basket. Combined these mean "seed basket". Squash seeds were planted along the routes of the travelers and nomads for future use by themselves and other travelers. The squash plant spreads out over a large area forming varied sizes and shapes of squash fruit. Dried squash fruit becomes a hard hollow shell (באסכת basket) with the seeds inside and when shaken they rattle inside.

A) un (נתה NTh) AC: Spread CO: Bed AB: ?: As spread out on the floor.

hf1) eunm (מנתהה MNThH) - Bed: A spread out sheet for sleeping. [df: hjm] KJV (29): bed, bier - Strongs: H4296 (מִטָּה)

adf1 ) eufnm (מנותהה MNWThH) - Spreading: [df: hjm] KJV (1): stretching - Strongs: H4298 (מֻטָּה)

H) eun (נתהה NThH) AC: Spread CO: ? AB: ?: The spreading growth of the squash plant.

V) eun (נתהה NThH) - Spread: To stretch something out. KJV (215): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) stretch, incline, turn, bow, decline, pitch, spread - Strongs: H5186 (נָטָה)

am) eunm (מנתהה MNThH) - Beneath: As under a stretched out sheet. [df: hjm] KJV (19): beneath, downward, underneath, low, under, less, down - Strongs: H4295 (מַטָּה)

J) ufn (נותה NWTh) AC: Shake CO: ? AB: ?: The dried squash fruit rattle.

V) ufn (נותה NWTh) - Shake: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) move - Strongs: H5120 (נוּט)

af1) eufnm (מנותהה MNWThH) - Perverseness: As a shaking. [df: hjm] KJV (1): perverseness - Strongs: H4297 (מֻטֶּה)

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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 מַ֫טָּה, מָ֑֫טָּה adverb downwards (from [מַט] for [מַטֶּה] a place of declension (compare נָטָה, 3 a), with ָ  ה locative, Ol222 b ii. 280: compare the opposed to מַ֫עְלָהִ, below עָלָה): —

1 alone, Deuteronomy 28:43 and thou shalt descend מַ֫טָּה מָ֑֫טָּה downwards, downwards, i.e. lower and lower, Proverbs 15:24 ׳לְמַעַן סוּר מִשְּׁאוֺל מ.

2לְמַ֫טָּה:

a. downwards Deuteronomy 28:13 ׳וְלֹא תִהְיֶה למ, Isaiah 37:31 = 2 Kings 19:30 ׳שֹׁרֶשׁ למ (compare Ph CIS1. i. 2,11f. אל יכן לם שׁרשׁ למט ופר למעל let them not have root downwards, or fruit upwards), Jeremiah 31:37; Ecclesiastes 3:21; 2 Chronicles 32:30; Ezra 9:13 כי אתה חָשַׂכְתָּ לְמַ֫טָּה מֵעֲוֺנֵנוּ either (Be) hast kept back, downward, part of our iniquity (prevented it from appearing, and being counted against us), or, held us (Ges), or thy anger (Ke), back, below (compare לְמַ֫עְלָה מֵעַל above, 2 Chronicles 34:4) our iniq. (punished us less than our iniq. deserved).

b.וּלְמַ֫טָּה, ( a) of space, and downwards, Ezekiel 1:27 ׳וּמִמַּרְאֵה מָתְנָיו ול, Ezekiel 8:2; ( b) of age, and under, 1 Chronicles 17:23 לְמִבֶּן עשׂרים׳שׁנה וְ.

3 מִלְּמַ֫טָּה beneath (see מִן 9a: opposed to מִלְמַעְלָה above), Exodus 26:24 = Exodus 36:29; Exodus 27:5 = Exodus 38:4, Exodus 28:27 = Exodus 39:20.


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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מַטָּה (Milêl) adv. downward, beneath, below, Deuteronomy 28:43; Proverbs 15:24. Opp. to מַעְלָה above. (This word has not sprung from מַטֶּה itself, but, as it appears from the acute penultima, from the shortened form מַט bending, a low place, with the addition of ה local.) With prefixes

(1) לְמַטָּה

(a) downward, Deuteronomy 28:13; Ezekiel 1:27; 2 Kings 19:30; Jeremiah 31:37; Ecclesiastes 3:21.

(b) below, 2 Kings 19:30; 1 Chronicles 27:23, “of twenty years old וּלְמַטָּה and under.” Followed by מִן Ezra 9:13, לְמַטָּה מֵעֲוֹנֵנוּ “below our sin,” less than our sin deserved.

(2) מִלְּמַטָּה beneath (opp. to מִלְמַעְלָה above), Exodus 26:24, 27:5 28:27 36:29 38:4 39:20.


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List of Word Forms
וּלְמַ֔טָּה וּלְמַ֖טָּה וּלְמָ֑טָּה ולמטה לְמַ֙טָּה֙ לְמַ֥טָּה לְמַֽטָּה־ לְמָ֑טָּה למטה למטה־ מִלְּמַ֖טָּה מִלְּמַ֙טָּה֙ מִלְּמַטָּה֒ מִלְּמָ֑טָּה מִלְמַ֙טָּה֙ מַ֥טָּה מָּֽטָּה׃ מָֽטָּה׃ מטה מטה׃ מלמטה lə·maṭ·ṭāh lə·māṭ·ṭāh lə·maṭ·ṭāh- leMattah ləmaṭṭāh ləmāṭṭāh ləmaṭṭāh- maṭ·ṭāh māṭ·ṭāh Mattah maṭṭāh māṭṭāh mil·lə·maṭ·ṭāh mil·lə·māṭ·ṭāh mil·maṭ·ṭāh millematTah milləmaṭṭāh milləmāṭṭāh milMattah milmaṭṭāh ū·lə·maṭ·ṭāh ū·lə·māṭ·ṭāh uleMattah ūləmaṭṭāh ūləmāṭṭāh
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