מַתַּת

«מַתַּת» 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: 6 times · Key: 4991 · BDB: מַתַּת²

Glosses

[is].a.gift (2); a.gift (2); [will.be].the.gift (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

gift tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. gift;—abs. מַתָּ֑ת 1 K 13:7; cstr. מַתַּת Pr 25:14 + 4 times;—gift = reward 1 K 13:7; מַתַּת יָדוֹ the gift of his hand, i.e. of his power, what he is able to give Ez 46:5, 11 (cf. מַתָּנָה and יָד 2); מ׳ אֱלֹהִים Ec 3:13 the gift of God (of the enjoyment of man), so 5:18; מ׳ שָׁ֑קֶר Pr 25:14 a gift of falsity, i.e. one promised and not given.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Proverbs 25:14

נְשִׂיאִ֣ים וְ֭רוּחַ וְגֶ֣שֶׁם אָ֑יִן אִ֥ישׁ מִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ל בְּמַתַּת־שָֽׁקֶר׃

Word for word: clouds and wind and rain there.[is].not a.person [who].boasts in a.gift of.falsehood

JPS 1917: As vapours and wind without rain, so is he that boasteth himself of a false gift.

Ecclesiastes 3:13

וְגַ֤ם כָּל־הָאָדָם֙ שֶׁיֹּאכַ֣ל וְשָׁתָ֔ה וְרָאָ֥ה ט֖וֹב בְּכָל־עֲמָל֑וֹ מַתַּ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֖ים הִֽיא׃

Word for word: and also every (the) person who he.will.eat and he.will.drink and he.will.see good in all toil his [is].a.gift of.God it

JPS 1917: But also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy pleasure for all his labour, is the gift of God.

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