מַ֫טָּה
mat.tah
“beneath”
Definition
downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes
from H5786 (עָוַר) with directive enclitic appended;
- downwards, below 1a) downwards 1b) under (of age) 1c) beneath
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Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Occurrences
מַ֫טָּה appears 18 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.
The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.
coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. These will serve as the two corners.
coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way.
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