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# מַטְמֹן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4301

**hidden treasure** — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

hidden treasure [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4301/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַטְמוֹן: n.m. hidden treasure, treasure; [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4301/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. hidden treasure, treasure;—abs. מַטְמוֹן Gn 43:23; pl. מַטְמֹנִים Je 41:8 Pr 2:4; מַטְמוֹנִים Jb 3:21; cstr. מַטְמֻנֵי Is 45:3; (hidden) treasure Gn 43:23 (of money in sacks); מַטְמֻנֵי מִסְתָּרים Is 45:3 (i.e. treasures now hidden in secret places, shall become spoil of Cyrus; ‖ אוצרות חשׁך), Je 41:8, appos. חִטִּים שְׂעֹרִים שֶׁמֶן דבשׁ; in compar. Jb 3:21 (longing for death more than for treasure), Pr 2:4 (wisdom sought for like treasure).

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: hidden treasures (2); hidden treasure (1); than hidden treasures (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 2:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.4/#tree)

אִם־תְּבַקְשֶׁ֥נָּה כַכָּ֑סֶף וְֽכַמַּטְמוֹנִ֥ים תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃

*Word for word:* if you will.seek.it like (the) silver and like.(the) hidden treasures you will.search.for.it

*JPS 1917:* If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;

[Job 3:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.21/#tree)

הַֽמְחַכִּ֣ים לַמָּ֣וֶת וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וַֽ֝יַּחְפְּרֻ֗הוּ מִמַּטְמוֹנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* \[those who\].wait for (the) death and it.\[is\] not and they dug.for.it more than.hidden.treasures

*JPS 1917:* Who long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4301.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4301/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).