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# מַתָּנָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4979

**gift** — 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

gift [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4979/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַתָּנָה: n.f. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4979/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. gift;—abs. מ׳ Nu 18:6 + 4 times; cstr. מַתְּנַת Dt 16:17; pl. מַתָּנֹת Gn 25:6 +, cstr. מַתְּנֹת Ex 28:38, sf. מַתְּנֹתֵיכֶם Ez 20:31 +; etc.;—gift, Gn 25:6 (J) Ez 46:16, 17; 2 Ch 21:3; offerings to י׳ Ex 28:38 (מַתְּנֹת קָדְשֵׁיכֶם), Lv 23:38 (disting. from נֶדֶר and נְדָבָה), Nu 18:29 (cf. מַתָּנָם v 11;—all P); rejected (idolatrous) offerings Ez 20:26, 31, 39; אִישׁ כְּמַתְּנַת יָדוֹ Dt 16:17 each man according to the gift of his hand, i.e. according to his ability; cf. לֶקַחְתָּ מ׳ בָּאָדָם ψ 68:19 thou (י׳) hast received gifts among men (i.e. either tribute gained by battle, cf. Che, or the offerings of those who turn to י׳ Hup-Now; \> gifts consisting of men JDMich Hgst Bö Ew DeWette); מ׳ used of Levites, as God’s gift to Aaron and his sons, Nu 18:6, whose priesthood is עֲבֹדַת מ׳ v 7, i.e. a service which is a gift from God; מַתָּנוֹת לָאֶבְיֹנִים Est 9:22 gifts to the poor; = bribe Pr 15:27 Ec 7:7.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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: gifts (10); a gift (3); a bribe (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 15:27](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.27/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.27/#tree)

עֹכֵ֣ר בֵּ֭יתוֹ בּוֹצֵ֣עַ בָּ֑צַע וְשׂוֹנֵ֖א מַתָּנֹ֣ת יִחְיֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].troubling house his.own \[one.who\].gains.unjustly unjust.gain and \[one.who\].hates gifts he.will.live

*JPS 1917:* He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

[Ecclesiastes 7:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.7.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.7.7/#tree)

כִּ֥י הָעֹ֖שֶׁק יְהוֹלֵ֣ל חָכָ֑ם וִֽיאַבֵּ֥ד אֶת־לֵ֖ב מַתָּנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) (the) oppression it.will.make.look.foolish a.wise.\[person\] and it.will.destroy (et) a.heart a.bribe

*JPS 1917:* Surely oppression turneth a wise man into a fool; and a gift destroyeth the understanding.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4979/): 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).