מַתָּנָה
mattânâh · H4979 · Hebrew · 17 occurrences
Meanings
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gift, present
Object given to someone else
ExamplesGenesis 25:6 but to the sons of his concubines, Abraham gave gifts while he was still living, and sent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the land of the east.
Exodus 28:38 “It shall be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall take away the guilt of the holy things which the sons of Israel consecrate, regarding all their holy gifts; and it shall always be on his forehead, so that they may be accepted before the LORD.
Leviticus 23:38 besides those of the Sabbaths of the LORD, and besides your gifts and besides all your vowed and voluntary offerings, which you give to the LORD.
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
7 occurrences in 4 groups
- כֶםyour 4
- יָדhand, power 1
- קֹדֶשׁholiness 1
- הֶםtheir 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רַבmany, great 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אָבַדto perish, to destroy 1
What is done to itIt is the object
7 occurrences in 4 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 4
- לָקַחto take, to receive 1
- נָשָׂאto lift up, to carry, to bear 1
- שָׂנֵאto hate 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- בin/on/with 3
- מִןfrom 2
- לto/for 2
- כlike/as 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- יוֹםday, time 1
- עֲבֹדָהwork 1
- בַּדalone, besides, pole 1
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
- δόμα dóma · G1390 · gift
- Greek δόμα translates Hebrew מַתָּנָה in contexts denoting gifts presented or given, with both terms sharing the core semantic field of voluntary giving and presentation.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Objects001
- מַתָּנָה denotes a gift or present, used of gifts Abraham gives to his concubines' sons (Genesis 25:6), holy gifts and offerings given to the LORD (Leviticus 23:38), and the Levites themselves described as a "gift" given to Aaron for service (Numbers 18:6).
- Names of Locations003001010
- The same word form also underlies the place name Mattanah, a stop on Israel's wilderness itinerary between the well and Nahaliel (Numbers 21:18-19), a domain independently attested by its shared occurrence with מַתָּנָה (Mattânâh, H4980).
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4979. mattanah I. מַתָּנָה noun feminine gift; — absolute ׳מ Num 18:6 Num 18:4t.;…
I. מַתָּנָה noun feminine gift; — absolute ׳מ Num 18:6 Num 18:4t.; construct מַתְּנַת Deu 16:17; plural מַתָּנֹת Gen 25:6 +, construct מַתְּנֹת Exo 28:38, suffix מַתְּנֹתֵיכֶם Eze 20:31 +, etc.; — gift, Gen 25:6 (J) Eze 46:16-17, 2Ch 21:3; offerings to ׳י Exo 28:38 (קָדְשֵׁיכֶם מַתְּנֹת), Lev 23:38 (distinguished from נֶדֶר and נְדָבָה), Lev 18:29 (compare מַתָּנָם Lev 18:11; — all P); rejected (idolatrous) offerings Eze 20:26, Eze 20:31, Eze 20:39; יָדוֺ כְּמַתְּנַת אִישׁ Deu 16:17 each man according to the gift of his hand, i.e. according to his ability; compare מ ׳לָקַחְתָּ בָאָדָם Psa 68:19 thou (׳י) hast received gifts among men (i.e. either tribute gained by battle, compare Che, or the offerings of those who turn to ׳י Hup-Now; > gifts consisting of men JDMich Hengst Bö Ew DeW); ׳מ used of Levites, as God's gift to Aaron and his sons, Num 18:6, whose priesthood is מ ׳עֲבֹדַת Num 18:7, i.e. a service which is a gift from God; לָאֶבְיֹנִים מַתָּנוֺת Est 9:22 gifts to the poor; = bribe Pro 15:27; Ecc 7:7.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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
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