מָתַי
Used: 43 times · Key: 4970 · BDB: מָתַי
Glosses
when? (43)
Meaning (OSHB)
when tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
interrog.adv. when tree →
The whole BDB entry
interrog.adv. when? (Arabic مَتَى Assyrian mati: in NH and Aramaic with the interrog. אַי, אֵימָתִי, אֵימָת, ܐܶܡܰܬܝ ), in OT only of future time: alone, †Gn 30:30 מָתַי אעשׂה גם אנכי לביתי when shall I also do, etc.? Am 8:5 ψ 41:6; 42:3; 94:8; 101:2; 119:82, 84 Pr 6:9b; 23:35 Jb 7:4 מָתַי אָקוּם, Ne 2:6. לְמָתַי against when? †Ex 8:5 לְמָתַי אַעְתִּיר לְךָ. עַד־מָתַי until when? how long? sq. impf. Ex 10:7 עד מתי יהיה זה לנו למוקשׁ, 1 S 1:14 Je 4:14, 21 ψ 74:10; 82:2; 94:3 Pr 1:22 +, sq. ptcp. 1 S 16:1 1 K 18:21 עַד־מָתַי אַתֶּם פֹּסְחִים עַל־שְׁתֵּי הַסְּעִפִּים, sq. pf. †Ex 10:3 ψ 80:5; עַד מָתַי לֹא †2 S 2:26 Ho 8:5 Zc 1:12; alone, Is 6:11 וָאֹמַר עַד־מָתַי אֲדֹנָי, Hb 2:6 הוֹי הַמַּרְבֶּה לֹא־לוֹ עַד־מָתַי; with an aposiop., ψ 6:4 וְאַתָּה י׳ עַד־מָתָ֑י, 90:13. b. אַחֲרֵי מָתַי עוֹד after how long yet? †Je 13:27.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 33 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «מָתַי» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
עַד־מָתַ֖י אֶרְאֶה־נֵּ֑ס אֶשְׁמְעָ֖ה ק֥וֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃ס
Word for word: until when? will.I.see a.standard will.I.hear [the].sound of.a.trumpet
JPS 1917: How long shall I see the standard, shall I hear the sound of the horn?
עַד־מָתַ֖י רְשָׁעִ֥ים ׀ יְהוָ֑ה עַד־מָ֝תַ֗י רְשָׁעִ֥ים יַעֲלֹֽזוּ׃
Word for word: until when? wicked.[people] O.Yahweh until when? wicked.[people] will.they.exult
JPS 1917: LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?
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