The meaning of “מַת”
Understanding math reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
[phrase] few, [idiom] friends, men, persons, [idiom] small. - properly, an adult (as of full length) - by implication, a...
מַת
[phrase] few, [idiom] friends, men, persons, [idiom] small. - properly, an adult (as of full length) - by implication, a man (only in the plural) 1) male, man 1a) males, men 1b) few men (in prose) 1b1) less emphasis on sex 1c) men (poetic) 1c1) less emphasis on sex
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 34:30 | “And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.” Word: מַת (math) | |
| Deuteronomy 26:5 | “And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:” Word: מַת (math) | |
| Job 22:15 | “Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?” Word: מַת (math) | |
| Psalms 26:4 | “I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.” Word: מַת (math) | |
| Isaiah 5:13 | “Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.” Word: מַת (math) |
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