מַתָּן

«מַתָּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: gift — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 5 times · Key: 4976 · BDB: מַתָּן²

Glosses

a.gift (2); [the].gift (1); of.gift (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

gift tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. coll. gift(s) tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Pr 18:16 coll. gift(s);—abs. מ׳ Gn 34:12 + 2 times; cstr. id. Pr 18:16 (v. Baer ad loc. Ges§ 92 g Köii 1, 98); sf. מַתָּנָם Nu 18:11;—marriage-gifts Gn 34:12 (J; + מֹהַר); offerings Nu 18:11 (P; תְּרוּמַת מ׳); elsewhere gen., gifts, presents, Pr 18:16; 21:14 (‖ שֹׁחַד); אִישׁ מַתָּן 19:6 = a giver of gifts.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מַתָּן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 18:16

מַתָּ֣ן אָ֭דָם יַרְחִ֣יב ל֑וֹ וְלִפְנֵ֖י גְדֹלִ֣ים יַנְחֶֽנּוּ׃

Word for word: [the].gift of.a.person it.makes.space for him and before great.[people] it leads.him

JPS 1917: A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

Proverbs 19:6

רַ֭בִּים יְחַלּ֣וּ פְנֵֽי־נָדִ֑יב וְכָל־הָ֝רֵ֗עַ לְאִ֣ישׁ מַתָּֽן׃

Word for word: many.[people] they.entreat [the].face of.a.noble.[person] and everyone [is].the friend of a.person of.gift

JPS 1917: Many will entreat the favour of the liberal man; and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

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