מטה
Appearance
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology 1
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נ־ט־ה (n-ṭ-h) |
Noun
[edit]מַטֶּה • (maté) m (plural indefinite מַטּוֹת, singular construct מַטֵּה־, plural construct מַטּוֹת־)
- stick, staff, wand
- Tanach, Exodus 4:2, with translation of the American Standard Version:
- מזה בְיָדֶךָ וַיֹּאמֶר מַטֶּה
- má zé v'yadécha vayómer maté
- What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod.
- headquarters
- (Judaism) tribe
- Tanach, Numbers 36:3, with translation of the Darby Bible:
- וְנוֹסַף עַל נַחֲלַת הַמַּטֶּה אֲשֶׁר תִּהְיֶינָה לָהֶם
- v'nosáf ál nachalát hamaté ashér tihyéna lahém
- and shall be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they shall belong
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]Verb
[edit]מַטֶּה • (maté)
- Masculine singular present participle and present tense of הִטָּה (hitá).
- Tanach, Deuteronomy 27:19, with Young's Literal Translation:
- מַטֶּה מִשְׁפַּט גֵּר יָתוֹם וְאַלְמָנָה
- maté mishpát gér yatóm v'almaná
- he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]מִטָּה • (mitá) f (plural indefinite מִטּוֹת, singular construct מִטַּת־, plural construct מִטּוֹת־)
Etymology 3
[edit]Adverb
[edit]מַטָּה • (máta)
- down, downwards, below
- Tanach, Deuteronomy 28:43, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- הַגֵּר אֲשֶׁר בְּקִרְבְּךָ יַעֲלֶה עָלֶיךָ מַעְלָה מָּעְלָה וְאַתָּה תֵרֵד מַטָּה מָּטָּה׃
- hagér 'ashér b'kirb'chá ya'alé 'alécha má'la má'la v'atá teréd máta máta.
haggēr ʾăšer bəqirbəḵā yaʿăle ʿāléḵā máʿlā mmā́ʿlā wəʾattā ṯērēḏ máṭṭā mmā́ṭṭā. - The stranger that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.
- hagér 'ashér b'kirb'chá ya'alé 'alécha má'la má'la v'atá teréd máta máta.
- below, earthly
- בֵּית־דִּין שֶׁל מַטָּה ― bét-dín shél máta ― Earthly court of law [as contrasted with that of Heaven]
- עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל קְבוּצֵי מַטָּה ― am'chá yisra'él k'vutsé máta ― your people Israel, those gathered below
Antonyms
[edit]- מַעְלָה (má'la)
Categories:
- Hebrew terms belonging to the root נ־ט־ה
- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew nouns
- Hebrew masculine nouns with plurals ending in ־ות
- Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ה
- Hebrew masculine nouns
- Hebrew terms with quotations
- he:Judaism
- Hebrew non-lemma forms
- Hebrew verb forms
- Hebrew feminine nouns
- Hebrew defective spellings
- Hebrew adverbs