mat.ta.nah is a proper name marking a location in the travel sequence of Numbers 21.

The term is used as a proper name for a location: the travelers go from the wilderness to it and then proceed from it to Nahaliel.

1. Place in a travel sequence · dominant

   Both occurrences are tagged as Noun · Proper. In Numbers 21:18 the APB renders the movement "from the wilderness they went to Mattanah," and in Numbers 21:19 it continues "from Mattanah to Nahaliel," placing the name between those movements.

   Numbers 21:18Numbers 21:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "Mattanah" in both verses, first as the destination from the wilderness and then as the point of departure toward Nahaliel. The verse is read as a whole, but its travel clauses confirm the proper-name use.