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# מָטַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4305

**rain** — used 17 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

rain [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4305/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מָטַר: vb. denom. rain [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4305/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. (cf. GerberVerb. denom. 106) \[rain\] (Arabic مَطَرَ; Syriac ܡܛܰܪ; 𝔗 Aph. אַמְטַר);— Impf. be rained upon חֶלְקָה אַחַת תִּמָּטֵר Am 4:7. Pf. הִמְטִיר Gn 2:5; 19:24; וְהִמְטַרְתִּ֫י Am 4:7; Impf. יַמְטֵר ψ 11:6 Jb 20:23; וַיַּמְטֵר Ex 9:3 + 2 times; 3 fs. תַּמְטִיר Am 4:7 (but read אַמְטִיר 𝔊 𝔙); 1 s. אַמְטִיר Am 4:7 + v 7 (for תַּמְטִיר), Ez 38:22; Inf. cstr. הַמְטִיר Is 5:6 Jb 38:26; Pt. מַמְטִיר Gn 7:4 + 2 times;—send rain, rain (sq. עַל except Ex 9:18; 16:4); subj. י׳ (no dir. obj.) Gn 2:5; 7:4 (both J), Am 4:7(×3), cf. Jb 38:26; subj. clouds עָבִים by divine command Is 5:6 (acc. cogn. מָטָר); הִמְ׳ מָן ψ 78:24; שְׁאֵר v 27; לֶחֶם Ex 16:4 (J מִן־הַשָּׁמַים; no עַל); as act of judgment הִמ׳ בָּרָד rain hail, send hail, subj. י׳ Ex 9:23 (J); cf. v 18 (J; no עַל); obj. גָּפְרִית וָאֵשׁ Gn 19:24 (J), cf. Ez 38:22 וְגֶשֶׁם שׁוֹטֵף וְאַבְנֵי אֶלְגָּבִישׁ אֵשׁ וְגָפְרִית אַמ׳; fig. ψ 11:6 (obj. פַּחִים; but read פַּחֲמֵי אֵשׁ v. Ew Che Bae al.); Jb 20:23 (‖ cl. יְשַׁלַּח בּוֹ חֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he rained down (3); I sent rain (2); \[am\] about to rain down (2).

## In the verses

[Job 38:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.26/#tree)

לְ֭הַמְטִיר עַל־אֶ֣רֶץ לֹא־אִ֑ישׁ מִ֝דְבָּ֗ר לֹא־אָדָ֥ם בּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* to send.rain on a.land not anyone a.wilderness \[which\].not anyone \[is\].in it

*JPS 1917:* To cause it to rain on a land where no man is, on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

[Psalms 11:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.11.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.11.6/#tree)

יַמְטֵ֥ר עַל־רְשָׁעִ֗ים פַּ֫חִ֥ים אֵ֣שׁ וְ֭גָפְרִית וְר֥וּחַ זִלְעָפ֗וֹת מְנָ֣ת כּוֹסָֽם׃

*Word for word:* he.will.rain.down on wicked.\[people\] snares \[will.be\].fire and sulfur and a.wind of.burning.heat(s) the.portion their.cup their

*JPS 1917:* Upon the wicked He will cause to rain coals; fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4305.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4305/): 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).