mat.ta denotes a cultivated planting area, and in poetic descriptions can portray a people as established by God.

The term most often denotes a cultivated planting area in descriptions of vines, trees, agricultural provision, and Samaria’s coming ruin. In Isaiah, its construct form portrays the people as God’s planted work, associated with righteousness and displayed beauty or splendor.

1. Cultivated site for vines or trees · dominant

   In Ezekiel 17:7, the singular construct form occurs in the clause about a vine drawing water from the beds of its planting. Ezekiel 31:4 places it among waters, rivers, channels, and trees of the field; Ezekiel 34:29 speaks of establishing a renowned site that answers the land’s famine, while Micah 1:6 places the plural construct form in Samaria’s devastation as vineyard plantings.

   Ezekiel 17:7Ezekiel 31:4Ezekiel 34:29Micah 1:6
2. People portrayed as God’s planted work · common

   In Isaiah 60:21, the construct form stands in the clause describing the people as the branch of God's planting and the work of his hands, with the stated result of displaying beauty. In Isaiah 61:3, it occurs in the designation given to those comforted in Zion, who are called terebinths of righteousness and a planting of the LORD to display splendor.

   Isaiah 60:21Isaiah 61:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “planting” in Ezekiel 17:7 and Isaiah 60:21, “plantation” in Ezekiel 31:4 and Ezekiel 34:29, and “plantations” in Micah 1:6. In Isaiah 61:3 it renders the clause “a planting of the LORD”; these are translation-level renderings rather than definitions.