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Strong's #4970 - מָתַי
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- when?
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- against when?, until when?, how long?, after how long?
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1298) tm (מת MT) AC: Die CO: Man AB: Mortality: The pictograph m is a picture of water representing chaos, the t is a picture of two crossed sticks representing a mark or sign. Combined these mean "chaos mark". The length of time that something exists and ends. (eng: mute; moot - as a dead point; mortal - with an additional r and l; mate - of "check mate" meaning "king is dead")
A) tm (מת MT) AC: ? CO: Man AB: Mortality: A length of time that comes to an end.
Nm) tm (מת MT) - Man: As mortal. KJV (22): man, few, friend, number, person, small - Strongs: H4962 (מֹת)
fm) itm (מתי MTY) - When: An unknown duration of time. KJV (3): when, long - Strongs: H4970 (מָתַי)
J) tfm (מות MWT) AC: Die CO: ? AB: Death: The end of time for what has died.
V) tfm (מות MWT) - Die: KJV (835): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hophal) die, dead, slay, death - Strongs: H4191 (מוּת)
Nm) tfm (מות MWT) - Death: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (163): death, die, dead, deadly, slay - Strongs: H4192 (מוּת), H4193 (מוֹת), H4194 (מָוֶת)
am) tfmm (ממות MMWT) - Death: KJV (2): death - Strongs: H4463 (מָמוֹת)
if1) etfmt (תמותה TMWTH) - Death: KJV (2): death, die - Strongs: H8546 (תְּמוּתָה)
Adopted Roots:
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
; Assyrian mati: in Late Hebrew and Aramaic with the interrogative אַי, אֵימָתִי, אֵימָת, 
), in OT only of future time: a. alone, Genesis 30:30 מָתַי אעשׂה גם אנכילביתי when shall I also do, etc.? Amos 8:5; Psalm 41:6; Psalm 42:3; Psalm 94:8; Psalm 101:2; Psalm 119:82; Psalm 119:84; Proverbs 6:9; b Proverbs 23:35; Job 7:4 מָתַי אָקוּם, Nehemiah 2:6.
b.לְמָתַי against when? Exodus 8:5 לְמָתַילְךָ אַעְתִּיר.
c.עַדמָֿתַי until when? how long? followed by imperfect Exodus 10:7 עד מתי יהיה זה לנו למוקשׁ, 1 Samuel 1:14; Jeremiah 4:14,21; Psalm 74:10; Psalm 82:2; Psalm 94:3; Proverbs 1:22 +, followed by participle1Sam Proverbs 16:1; 1 Kings 18:21 עַדמָֿתַי אַתֶּם מֹּסְחִים עַלשְֿׁתֵּי הַסְּעִמִּים, followed by perfect Exodus 10:3; Psalm 80:5; עַד מָתַי לֹא 2 Samuel 2:26; Hosea 8:5; Zechariah 1:12; alone, Isaiah 6:11 וָאֹמַר עַדמָֿתַי אֲדֹנָי, Habakkuk 2:6 הוֺי הַמַּרְבֶּה לֹאלֿוֺ עַדמָֿתַי; with an aposiop., Psalm 6:4 עַדמָֿתָ֑י׳וְאַתָּה י, Psalm 90:13.
d. אַחֲרֵי מָתַי עוֺד, after how long yet? Jeremiah 13:27.
מְתִים see מַת. מַתְכֹּ֫נֶת see תכן. above,
מַתְּלָאָה see תְּלָאָה. מְתַלְּעוֺת see תלע.
מְתֹם see תמם; Judges 20:48 see מַת.
מתן (√ of following; Arabic 
be stout, firm, enduring (Frey Wahrm), II. make stout, firm (Lane)).
מָתַי pr. extension, space of time; it becomes an interrogative adv. of time, when? (Arab. متى, Syr. ܙܶܡܬܰܝ, Chald. אֵימָתַי). Genesis 30:30; Psalms 42:3, 94:7 119:82. Without an interrogation (Syriac ܙܶܡܬܰܝ ܕ), Proverbs 23:35, מָתי אָקִיץ “when I awake.” Psalms 101:2.-לְמָתַי Exodus 8:5, and עַד מָתַי how long? 1 Samuel 16:4. אַחֲרֵי מָתי after how long a time? Jeremiah 13:27.
