Lexicon
מַתַּת
mat.tat
H4991
H:N-F Hebrew

gift

6
Occurrences
4
Books
Hebrew
Language

mat.tat denotes something given or provided, including an offered present, God’s giving, and provision for offerings.

The occurrences describe something given or provided: a king offers it to the man of God, God’s giving is connected with human enjoyment and portion, worship provisions are set according to what a hand provides, and a claimed gift may be deceptive.

Senses in use

  1. Something given or provided · dominant

    In 1 Kings 13:7, the absolute singular form occurs in the king’s offer to give something to the man of God. The construct forms connect the noun with God’s giving in Ecclesiastes 3:13 and Ecclesiastes 5:18, with what a hand provides for lambs in Ezekiel 46:5 and Ezekiel 46:11, and with a deceptive gift in Proverbs 25:14; in 1 Kings 13:7 the APB renders the clause “I will give you a gift.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “gift” in 1 Kings 13:7, Ecclesiastes 3:13, Ezekiel 46:11, Ezekiel 46:5, and Proverbs 25:14, while Ecclesiastes 5:18 expresses the related thought through God’s giving and a person’s portion. These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.

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