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# מַטָּע

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4302

**place** — used 6 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

place [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4302/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַטָּע²: n.m. place act of planting; plantation [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4302/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. place, or act of planting; plantation;—abs. מ׳ Ez 34:29; cstr. מַטַּע Is 61:3; sf. מַטָּעוֹ Is 60:21 (Kt; Qr מַטָּעַי); מַטָּעָהּ Ez 17:7, also 31:4, but read מַטָּעֹה 𝔊 Hi Co Berthol Toy; pl. cstr. מַטָּעֵי Mi 1:6;— planting-place, מַטָּעֵי כָ֑רֶם Mi 1:6 planting-place for a vineyard, so Ez 31:4 (read מַטָּעֹה, v. supr.); prob. also מ׳ לִשֵׁם 34:29 מ׳ שָׁלֹם 𝔊 Co Berthol Toy i.e. peaceful (fruitful) planting-place; cf. עֲרֻגוֹת מ׳ 17:7 = beds where it was planted. act of planting נֵצֶר מ׳ Is 60:21 shoot of his (my) planting (fig. of people). מ׳ י׳ Is 61:3 plantation of י׳ (id.).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a planting place (1); its planting (1); my planting(s) (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 60:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.60.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.60.21/#tree)

וְעַמֵּךְ֙ כֻּלָּ֣ם צַדִּיקִ֔ים לְעוֹלָ֖ם יִ֣ירְשׁוּ אָ֑רֶץ נֵ֧צֶר מַטָּעַ֛י מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדַ֖י לְהִתְפָּאֵֽר׃

*Word for word:* and people your of.them all \[will.be\].righteous forever of.perpetuity they.will.possess \[the\].land \[they.are\].the.shoot my.planting(s) my the.work my.hands my to glorify.myself

*JPS 1917:* Thy people also shall be all righteous, they shall inherit the land for ever; the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, wherein I glory.

[Micah 1:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.1.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.1.6/#tree)

וְשַׂמְתִּ֥י שֹׁמְר֛וֹן לְעִ֥י הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה לְמַטָּ֣עֵי כָ֑רֶם וְהִגַּרְתִּ֤י לַגַּי֙ אֲבָנֶ֔יהָ וִיסֹדֶ֖יהָ אֲגַלֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.make Samaria into.(the) heap.of.ruins of the.field into planting.place(s) of.a.vineyard and I.will.pour.down to the valley stones its and foundations its I.will.uncover

*JPS 1917:* Therefore I will make Samaria a heap in the field, a place for the planting of vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4302.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4302/): 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).