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מטר

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Aramaic

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Verb

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מטר (miṭrā)

  1. to rain

Hebrew

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Etymology 1

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Root
מ־ט־ר (m-ṭ-r)
3 terms

From Proto-Semitic [Term?]. Compare Aramaic ܡܛܪܐ, מִטְרָא (miṭrā), Arabic مَطَر (maṭar).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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מָטָר (matárm (plural indefinite מְטָרִים, singular construct מְטַר־, plural construct מִטְרֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]

  1. (literary, meteorology) rain
    • Tanach, Exodus 9:33, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיֵּצֵ֨א מֹשֶׁ֜ה מֵעִ֤ם פַּרְעֹה֙ אֶת־הָעִ֔יר וַיִּפְרֹ֥שׂ כַּפָּ֖יו אֶל־יְהֹוָ֑ה וַֽיַּחְדְּל֤וּ הַקֹּלוֹת֙ וְהַבָּרָ֔ד וּמָטָ֖ר לֹא־נִתַּ֥ךְ אָֽרְצָה׃
      Va-yetsé moshé me-'ím par'ó et-ha-'ír va-yifrósh kapayú el-YHWH va-yakhadlú khakolót v-khabarád u-matár lo-nitákh artsá.
      And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread forth his hands unto the LORD; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
    • Tanach, 1 Kings 18:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַֽיְהִי֙ יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים וּדְבַר־יְהֹוָ֗ה הָיָה֙ אֶל־אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ בַּשָּׁנָ֥ה הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֖ית לֵאמֹ֑ר לֵ֚ךְ הֵרָאֵ֣ה אֶל־אַחְאָ֔ב וְאֶתְּנָ֥ה מָטָ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃
      Va-yehí yamím rabím u-dvár-YHWH hayá el-'eliyáhu bashaná ha-shlishít lemór lekh hera'é el-akháv ve-etná matár 'al-p'néi ha-adamá.
      And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying: ‘Go, show thyself unto Ahab, and I will send rain upon the land.’
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Etymology 2

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From French mètre and cognates, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, measure", "rule", "length", "size", "poetic metre).

Noun

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מֶטֶר (méterm (plural indefinite מֶטְרִים)

  1. metre
  2. (colloquial) measuring tape
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References

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  • מטר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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