מָטַר
Used: 38 times · Key: 4306 · BDB: מָטָר
Glosses
rain (31); the.rain (5); of.rain (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
rain tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. rain tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. Ex 9:33 rain (Assyrian meṭru, DlHWB 406; Arabic مَطَرٌ; Sab. (Min.) מטר HomChrestom. 127, Aramaic מִטְרָא, ܡܶܛܪܳܐ );—מ׳ Ex 9:33 + 30 times; cstr. מְטַר Dt 11:11 + 5 times; pl.cstr. מִטְרוֹת Jb 37:6;—rain, as watering earth, especially Canaan, Dt 11:11 מ׳ הַשָּׁמַיִם; as blessing sent (vb. usually נָתַן) and withheld by י׳, Dt 11:14 (‖ יוֹרֶה, מַלְקוֹשׁ); v 17 (here מְ׳ אַרְצְכֶם); 28:12 1 K 8:35, 36; 17:1 (‖ טַל), 18:1 2 Ch 6:26, 27; 7:13 Jb 5:10 (‖ מַיִם), cf. 28:26; 36:27 ψ 147:8 (vb. מֵכִין); so מְ׳ זַרְעֲךָ Is 30:23 Zc 10:1 (‖ מַלְקוֹשׁ), v 1 מְטַר־גֶּשֶׁם; גֶּשֶׁם מָטָר Jb 37:6, גֶּשֶׁם מִטְרוֹת עֻזּוֹ v 6 (‖ שֶׁלֶג); 38:28 (‖ אֶגְלֵי־טָ֑ל) בְּרָקִים לַמּ׳ ψ 135:7 Je 10:13 = 51:16 (‖ הֲמוֹן מַיִם); also in נָתַן אֵת מְ׳ אַרְצְךָ אָבָק וְעָפָר Dt 28:24; cf. Is 5:6 (where acc. cogn. with הִמְטִיר); wish of David 2 S 1:21 (‖ טַל); מ׳ בַּקָּצִיר sim. of the unseasonable, Pr 26:1 (‖ שֶׁלָג בַּקַּיִץ); sent by extraord. supernat. power as sign Ex 9:33, 34 (J; both ‖ בָּרָד, קֹלוֹת) cf. 1 S 12:17, 18 (‖ קֹלוֹת); sim. of refreshment Dt 32:2 (‖ טַל), Jb 29:23 (‖ מַלְקוֹשׁ), ψ 72:6 (‖ רְבִיבִים). cf. 2 S 23:4; as destructive Pr 28:3 (מָטָר סֹחֵף); also fig., Is 4:6 (‖ זֶרֶם).
Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 36 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «מָטַר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
כִּ֭י יְגָרַ֣ע נִטְפֵי־מָ֑יִם יָזֹ֖קּוּ מָטָ֣ר לְאֵדֽוֹ׃
Word for word: (dm) he.draws.up drops of.water they.refine rain to mist his
JPS 1917: For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;
יֵ֭רֵד כְּמָטָ֣ר עַל־גֵּ֑ז כִּ֝רְבִיבִ֗ים זַרְזִ֥יף אָֽרֶץ׃
Word for word: he.will.come.down like rain on mown.grass like showers dropping of.[the].earth
JPS 1917: May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
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