Word

מַת

math · H4962 · Hebrew · 22 occurrences

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Meanings

people

Human beings, regardless of sex and age

Examples
Genesis 34:30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me repulsive among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since my men are few in number, they will band together against me and attack me, and I will be destroyed, I and my household!”
man

Male person, as opposed to women and children

Examples
Deuteronomy 2:34 “So we captured all his cities at that time and utterly destroyed the men, women, and children of every city. We left no survivor.
intimate friends

Literally: people of friendship; hence: people with whom one has an affectionate relationship

Examples
Job 19:19 “All my associates loathe me, And those I love have turned against me.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

14 occurrences in 9 groups

מִסְפָּרnumber 5
Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 1 groups

מְעַטfew 2

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 1 groups

עִירcity, town 2

What it doesIt is the subject

6 occurrences in 6 groups

דָּרַךְto tread, to bend (a bow) 1
הָיָהto be, to become 1
נָאַקto groan 1
נָפַלto fall 1
אָמַרto say 1
תַּעָבto abhor 1

What is done to itIt is the object

5 occurrences in 4 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 2
חָרַשׁto be silent, to plow, to devise 1
יָדַעto know 1
שָׁאַרto remain 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

כָּבוֹדglory, honor 1
אֲנִיI 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

5 occurrences in 3 groups

בin/on/with 4
מִןfrom 2
עִםwith 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

ὀλίγος olígos · G3641 · few, less, little: Greek ὀλίγος renders Hebrew מַת in LXX contexts denoting smallness of quantity or number, both conveying 'few' or 'small amount' across their respective language traditions.

Semantic domains 2 entries

People001001003: מַת denotes people generally, most often men or persons counted as a group, as in Jacob's lament that his own "men" (household) are few in number (Genesis 34:30) or the men, women, and children destroyed in conquered cities (Deuteronomy 2:34).
Friends001001003003: The word can also carry the specific sense of companions or associates, an idiomatic usage the lexical tradition attaches to this term for people bound together in relationship rather than merely counted as individuals.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

מָתַי mâthay · H4970 · when? · 43×מַתmath · H4962

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4962. math [מַת] noun masculine male, man (מְתוּֿ in proper name; Zinjirli מת collective…

H4962. math
[מַת] noun masculine male, man (מְתוּֿ in proper name; Zinjirli מת collective males, male offspring; Assyrian mutu, husband; Ethiopic id.; compare Egyptian m-t, phallus, male, Steind in BaNB § 2b, δ); — only plural מְתִים Job 11:3 Job 11:3t., מְתִם Deu 2:34; Deu 3:6 + Jdg 20:48 (probably), for מְתֹם ᵑ0, so GFM; construct מְתֵי Gen 34:30 Gen 34:13t.; suffix 2 feminine singular מְתַיִךְ; Isa 3:25; Isa 3:3masculine singular מְתָיו Deu 33:6; —
1 males, men, Isa 3:25 (|| גְּבוּרָתֵךְ); more distinctly, עִיר מְתִם (וְ)הַנָּשִׁים וְהַטָּף Deu 2:34; Deu 3:6 every city of males (male population, compare Dr), and the women, etc.; Jdg 20:48 (see above; opposed to בְּהֵמָה).
2 usually less emphasis on sex, in prose only phrase:
a. מִסְמָּר מְתֵי men of number (numerable, i.e. few) Gen 34:30 (J; apposition of אֲנִי = Jacob, representing his family), Deu 4:27; Jer 44:28, also Psa 105:12 = 1Ch 16:19; compare מִסְמָּר מְתָיו וִיהִי Deu 33:6 and (but) let his men be few.
b. מְעָ֑ט בִּמְתֵי = consisting of a few men Deu 26:5; Deu 28:62
3 elsewhere only in poetry, sex usually not emphasized:
a. Job 11:3; Job 24:12; Psa 17:14 (twice in verse) (but text probably corrupt, of. Bae We; at least omit ידך ממתים Ol Bi Che, compare Hup-Now); ישׂראל מְתֵי Isa 41:14.
b. poetic phrase: שָׁוְא מְתֵי men of false-hood Job 11:11; Psa 26:4; ׳מ אָוֶן Psa 22:15 men of wickedness; ׳מ סוֺדִי Psalm 19:19 men of my cycle; ׳מ אָהֳלִי Job 31:31 men of my tent (household); ׳מ רָעָב Isa 5:13 men of hunger, but read probably ר ׳מְזֵי sucked out, empty from hunger (as Deu 32:24) Ew De Che Di Du (compare מָזֶה).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

People20 occurrences Friends1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

מַת