4295. mattah

Strong's Lexicon

mattah: Staff, rod, tribe

Original Word: מַטָּה
Part of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: mattah
Pronunciation: mat-taw'
Phonetic Spelling: (mat'-taw)
Definition: Staff, rod, tribe
Meaning: downward, below, beneath

Word Origin: Derived from the root נָטָה (natah), meaning "to stretch out" or "to extend."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G4464 (ῥάβδος - rhabdos): A rod or staff, often used in the New Testament to symbolize authority or discipline.

Usage: The Hebrew word "mattah" primarily refers to a staff or rod, often used as a symbol of authority or leadership. It can also denote a tribe, reflecting the idea of a branch or division of a larger family or nation. In the context of a staff, it is frequently associated with shepherds, leaders, or those in positions of power, such as Moses and Aaron, who used their staffs as instruments of divine power and authority.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Near Eastern cultures, a staff or rod was a common symbol of authority and leadership. Shepherds used staffs to guide and protect their flocks, and leaders used them as symbols of their power and responsibility. In the biblical context, the staff often represents God's guidance and support for His people. The use of "mattah" to denote a tribe reflects the patriarchal structure of Israelite society, where tribes were seen as extensions of a common ancestor.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from natah
Definition
downwards
NASB Translation
below (2), beneath (2), bottom (2), downward (5), less (1), lower (2), under (1), underneath (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מַ֫טָּה, מָ֑֫טָּה adverb downwards (from [מַט] for [מַטֶּה] a place of declension (compare נָטָה, 3a), with ָ  ה locative, Ol^222b Kö^{ii. 280:} compare the opposed to מַ֫עְלָהִ, below עָלָה): —

1 alone, Deuteronomy 28:43 and thou shalt descend מַ֫טָּה מָ֑֫טָּה downwards, downwards, i.e. lower and lower, Proverbs 15:24 ׳לְמַעַן סוּר מִשְּׁאוֺל מ.

2 לְמַ֫טָּה:

a. downwards Deuteronomy 28:13 ׳וְלֹא תִהְיֶה למ, Isaiah 37:31 = 2 Kings 19:30 ׳שֹׁרֶשׁ למ (compare Ph CIS^{1. i. 2, 11 f.} אל יכן לם שׁרשׁ למט ופר למעל let them not have root downwards, or fruit upwards), Jeremiah 31:37; Ecclesiastes 3:21; 2Chronicles 32:30; Ezra 9:13 כי אתה חָשַׂכְתָּ לְמַ֫טָּה מֵעֲוֺנֵנוּ either (Be) hast kept back, downward, part of our iniquity (prevented it from appearing, and being counted against us), or, held us (Ges), or thy anger (Ke), back, below (compare לְמַ֫עְלָה מֵעַל above, 2 Chronicles 34:4) our iniq. (punished us less than our iniq. deserved).

b. וּלְמַ֫טָּה, (a) of space, and downwards, Ezekiel 1:27 ׳וּמִמַּרְאֵה מָתְנָיו ול, Ezekiel 8:2; (b) of age, and under, 1 Chronicles 17:23 לְמִבֶּן עשׂרים ׳שׁנה וְ.

3 מִלְּמַ֫טָּה beneath (see מִן 9a: opposed to מִלְמַעְלָה above), Exodus 26:24 = Exodus 36:29; Exodus 27:5 = Exodus 38:4, Exodus 28:27 = Exodus 39:20.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

beneath, downward, less, very low, underneath

From avar with directive enclitic appended; downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes -- beneath, down(-ward), less, very low, under(-neath).

see HEBREW avar

Forms and Transliterations

וּלְמַ֔טָּה וּלְמַ֖טָּה וּלְמָ֑טָּה ולמטה לְמַ֙טָּה֙ לְמַ֥טָּה לְמַֽטָּה־ לְמָ֑טָּה למטה למטה־ מִלְּמַ֖טָּה מִלְּמַ֙טָּה֙ מִלְּמַטָּה֒ מִלְּמָ֑טָּה מִלְמַ֙טָּה֙ מַ֥טָּה מָּֽטָּה׃ מָֽטָּה׃ מטה מטה׃ מלמטה lə·maṭ·ṭāh lə·māṭ·ṭāh lə·maṭ·ṭāh- leMattah ləmaṭṭāh ləmāṭṭāh ləmaṭṭāh- maṭ·ṭāh māṭ·ṭāh Mattah maṭṭāh māṭṭāh mil·lə·maṭ·ṭāh mil·lə·māṭ·ṭāh mil·maṭ·ṭāh millematTah milləmaṭṭāh milləmāṭṭāh milMattah milmaṭṭāh ū·lə·maṭ·ṭāh ū·lə·māṭ·ṭāh uleMattah ūləmaṭṭāh ūləmāṭṭāh

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 26:24
HEB: וְיִֽהְי֣וּ תֹֽאֲמִים֮ מִלְּמַטָּה֒ וְיַחְדָּ֗ו יִהְי֤וּ
NAS: They shall be double beneath, and together
KJV: And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled
INT: shall form shall be double beneath together shall form

Exodus 27:5
HEB: כַּרְכֹּ֥ב הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ מִלְּמָ֑טָּה וְהָיְתָ֣ה הָרֶ֔שֶׁת
KJV: of the altar beneath, that the net
INT: the ledge of the altar beneath will reach the net

Exodus 28:27
HEB: כִתְפ֨וֹת הָאֵפ֤וֹד מִלְּמַ֙טָּה֙ מִמּ֣וּל פָּנָ֔יו
NAS: and put them on the bottom of the two
KJV: of the ephod underneath, toward
INT: shoulder of the ephod the bottom toward the front

Exodus 36:29
HEB: וְהָי֣וּ תוֹאֲמִם֮ מִלְּמַטָּה֒ וְיַחְדָּ֗ו יִהְי֤וּ
NAS: They were double beneath, and together
KJV: And they were coupled beneath, and coupled
INT: become were double beneath together become

Exodus 38:4
HEB: תַּ֧חַת כַּרְכֻּבּ֛וֹ מִלְּמַ֖טָּה עַד־ חֶצְיֽוֹ׃
KJV: under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst
INT: beneath ledge beneath reaching halfway

Exodus 39:20
HEB: כִתְפֹ֨ת הָאֵפֹ֤ד מִלְמַ֙טָּה֙ מִמּ֣וּל פָּנָ֔יו
NAS: and placed them on the bottom of the two
KJV: of the ephod underneath, toward
INT: shoulder of the ephod the bottom toward the front

Deuteronomy 28:13
HEB: וְלֹ֥א תִהְיֶ֖ה לְמָ֑טָּה כִּֽי־ תִשְׁמַ֞ע
NAS: will be above, and you will not be underneath, if
KJV: and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken
INT: not become will not be underneath if listen

Deuteronomy 28:43
HEB: וְאַתָּ֥ה תֵרֵ֖ד מַ֥טָּה מָּֽטָּה׃
NAS: but you will go down lower and lower.
KJV: and thou shalt come down very low.
INT: you will go lower and lower

Deuteronomy 28:43
HEB: תֵרֵ֖ד מַ֥טָּה מָּֽטָּה׃
NAS: but you will go down lower and lower.
KJV: and thou shalt come down very low.
INT: will go lower and lower

2 Kings 19:30
HEB: הַנִּשְׁאָרָ֖ה שֹׁ֣רֶשׁ לְמָ֑טָּה וְעָשָׂ֥ה פְרִ֖י
NAS: take root downward and bear
KJV: take root downward, and bear
INT: the surviving root downward and bear fruit

1 Chronicles 27:23
HEB: עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וּלְמָ֑טָּה כִּ֚י אָמַ֣ר
NAS: of age and under, because
KJV: old and under: because the LORD
INT: twenty years and under because had said

2 Chronicles 32:30
HEB: הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן וַֽיַּישְּׁרֵ֥ם לְמַֽטָּה־ מַּעְרָ֖בָה לְעִ֣יר
KJV: and brought it straight down to the west side
INT: the upper and directed down to the west of the city

Ezra 9:13
HEB: אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ חָשַׂ֤כְתָּֽ לְמַ֙טָּה֙ מֵֽעֲוֹנֵ֔נוּ וְנָתַ֥תָּה
NAS: have requited [us] less than
KJV: hast punished us less than our iniquities
INT: our God have requited less our iniquities given

Proverbs 15:24
HEB: ס֝֗וּר מִשְּׁא֥וֹל מָֽטָּה׃
NAS: from Sheol below.
KJV: that he may depart from hell beneath.
INT: may keep Sheol below

Ecclesiastes 3:21
HEB: הַיֹּרֶ֥דֶת הִ֖יא לְמַ֥טָּה לָאָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: descends downward to the earth?
KJV: that goeth downward to the earth?
INT: descends he downward I

Isaiah 37:31
HEB: הַנִּשְׁאָרָ֖ה שֹׁ֣רֶשׁ לְמָ֑טָּה וְעָשָׂ֥ה פְרִ֖י
NAS: take root downward and bear
KJV: take root downward, and bear
INT: the surviving root downward and bear fruit

Jeremiah 31:37
HEB: מֽוֹסְדֵי־ אֶ֖רֶץ לְמָ֑טָּה גַּם־ אֲנִ֞י
NAS: searched out below, Then I will also
KJV: searched out beneath, I will also cast off
INT: and the foundations of the earth below will also I

Ezekiel 1:27
HEB: וּמִמַּרְאֵ֤ה מָתְנָיו֙ וּלְמַ֔טָּה רָאִ֙יתִי֙ כְּמַרְאֵה־
NAS: of His loins and downward I saw
KJV: of his loins even downward, I saw
INT: looked of his loins and downward saw the appearance

Ezekiel 8:2
HEB: מִמַּרְאֵ֥ה מָתְנָ֛יו וּלְמַ֖טָּה אֵ֑שׁ וּמִמָּתְנָ֣יו
NAS: from His loins and downward [there was] the appearance
KJV: of his loins even downward, fire;
INT: the appearance his loins and downward of fire his loins

19 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4295
19 Occurrences

lə·māṭ·ṭāh — 7 Occ.
maṭ·ṭāh — 3 Occ.
mil·lə·maṭ·ṭāh — 5 Occ.
mil·maṭ·ṭāh — 1 Occ.
ū·lə·māṭ·ṭāh — 3 Occ.