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Strong's #4305 - מָטַר
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
1) to rain
1a) (Niphal) to be rained on or upon
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to rain, send rain
1b2) to rain hail, send hail
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2336) rum (מתהר MThR) AC: Rain CO: Rain AB: ?
V) rum (מתהר MThR) - Rain: KJV (17): (vf: Niphal, Hiphil) rain - Strongs: H4305 (מָטַר)
Nm) rum (מתהר MThR) - Rain: KJV (38): rain - Strongs: H4306 (מָטָר)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
; Syriac 
ᵑ7 Aph`el אַמְטַר); — Niph`al Imperfect be rained upon חֶלְקָה אַחַתּ תִּמָּטֵר Amos 4:7.
Hiph`il Pf . הִמְטִיר Genesis 2:5; Genesis 19:24; וְהִמְטַרְתִּ֫י Amos 4:7; Imperfect יַמְטֵר Psalm 11:6; Job 20:23; וַיַּמְטֵר Exodus 9:3 2t.; 3 feminine singular תַּמְטִיר Amos 4:7 (but read אַמְטִירᵐ5 ᵑ9 1 singular אַמְטִיר Amos 4:7 + vAmos 4:7 (for תַּמְטִיר), Ezekiel 38:22; Infinitive construct הַמְטִיר Isaiah 5:6; Job 38:26; Participle מַמְטִיר Genesis 7:4 2t.; — send rain, rain (followed by עַל except Exodus 9:18; Exodus 16:4); subject ׳י (no direct object) Genesis 2:5; Genesis 7:4 (both J), Amos 4:7 (3t. in verse), compare Job 38:26; subject clouds עָבִים by divine command Isaiah 5:6 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb מָטָר); מָן׳הִמִ Psalm 78:24; שְׁאֵר Psalm 78:27; לֶחֶם Exodus 16:4 (J; מִןהַֿשָּׁמַים no עַל); as act of judgment בָּרָד׳הִמ rain hail, send hail, subject ׳י Exodus 9:23 (J); compare Exodus 9:18 (J; no עַל); object גָּפְרִית וָאֵשׁ Genesis 19:24 (J), compare Ezekiel 38:22 ׳וְגֶשֶׁם שׁוֺטֵף וְאַבְנֵי אֶלְגָּבִישׁ אֵשׁ וְגָפְרִית אַמ; figurative Psalm 11:6 (object מַּחִים; but read מַּחֲמֵי אֵשׁ see Ew Che Bae and others); Job 20:23 ("" clause יְשַׁלַּח בּוֺ חֲרוֺן אַמּוֺ).
מָטַר not used in Kal, to rain, like the Chald., Syr., Arab.
Hiphil, to rain, to pour down rain, Genesis 2:5, 7:4 Amos 4:7 used of God, Isaiah 5:6 (here more fully הִמְטִיר מָטָר), followed by עַל upon anything, Am. Isa. loc. cit. It is applied to other things which God pours down from heaven in great abundance like rain, as hail, Exodus 9:18, 23 lightnings, Psalms 11:6 fire with sulphur, Genesis 19:24; Ezekiel 38:22 manna, or heavenly bread, Exodus 16:4; Psalms 78:24. Constr. with an acc. of the thing rained down, and עַל of that upon which it descends like rain (see locc. citt.); once with בְּ of the thing rained down, Job 20:23 (see under לְחוּם ).
Niphal, to be watered with rain, Amos 4:7. Hence
