•[מַת
S
4962
TWOT
1263
GK
5493
n.m.
male, man
(
מְתוּ־ in n.pr.; Zinj.
מת
coll.
males, male offspring;
Assyrian
mutu
,
husband;
Ethiopic
˜˜
(
mət
)
id.;
cf.
Egyptian
m-t
,
phallus, male
,
Steindorff
in
Ba
NB § 2 b, δ)
;—only
pl.
מְתִים
Jb 11:3
+
3 times,
מְתִם
Dt 2:3
4;
3:6
+
Ju 20:48
(probably), for
MT
מְתֹם
, so
GFM
;
cstr.
מְתֵי
Gn 34:30
+
13 times;
sf.
2
fs.
מְתַיִךְ
Is 3:2
5;
3
ms.
מְתָיו
Dt 33:
6;—
1.
males, men
,
Is 3:25
(
||
גְּכוּרָתֵךְ
); more distinctly,
עִיר מְתִם (וְ)הַנָּשִׁים וְהַטָּף
Dt 2:34
;
3:6
every
city of males
(male population,
cf.
D
r),
and the women
, etc.;
Ju 20:48
(
v. supr
.;
opp.
בְּהֵמָה
).
2.
usually less emphasis on sex, in prose only phr.:
a.
מְתֵי מִסְפָּר
men of number
(numerable, i.e. few)
Gn 34:30
(
J
; appos. of
אֲנִי
=
Jacob, representing his family),
Dt 4:27 Je 44:2
8, also
ψ 105:12
=
1 Ch 16:19
;
cf.
וִיהִי מְתָיו מִסְפָּר
Dt 33:6
and
(
but
)
let his men be few
.
b.
בִּמְתֵי מְעָ˜ט
=
consisting of a few men
Dt 26:
5;
28:62
.
3.
elsewhere only poet., sex usually not emph.:
a.
Jb 11:
3;
24:12
ψ 17:14
(×2) (but text prob. corrupt,
cf.
Bae W
e; at least om.
ממתים ידך
Ol Bi Ch
e,
cf.
Hup-No
w);
מְתֵי ישׂראל
Is 41:1
4.
b.
poet. phr.:
מְתֵי שָׁוְא
men of falsehood
Jb 11:11
ψ 26:4
;
מ׳ אָוֶן
Jb 22:15
men of wickedness;
מ׳ סֹודִי
19:19
men of my circle;
מ׳ אָהֳלִי
Jb 31:31
men of my tent
(household);
מ׳ רָעָב
Is 5:13
men of hunger
, but read probably
מְזֵי ר׳
sucked out, empty
from hunger (as
Dt 32:24
)
Ew De Che Di Du
(
cf.
מָזֶה
).
• מְתוּשָׁאֵל S 4967 GK 5499 n.pr.m. descendant of Cain ( Bab. form., mutu-ša- ili ‘man of God,’ Len Orig. ed. 2, i. 262f. Eng. Tr. 268 ) ;— Gn 4:18 (×2) ( J ), Ö Μαθουσαλα (i.e. מְתוּשֶׁלַח ? so Di ; otherwise Bu Urgesch. 125 f.)
• מְתוּשֶׁ˜לַח S 4968 GK 5500 n.pr.m. descendant of Seth ( ? man of the dart: more prob. Bab. ; see conj. in Hom PSBA 1893, 243 ff. ) ;— מ׳ Gn 5:2 2, 25 , 26 , 27 ( P ), 1 Ch 1:3 , מְתוּשָׁ˜לַח Gn 5:21 ( P ). Ö Μαθουσαλα .
מַתְבֵּן
S
4963
TWOT
2493a
GK
5495
v.
תבן
.
Steindorff G. Steindorff. Bae F. Baethgen.
Ol J. Olshausen. Hup-Now H. Hupfeld, Psalmen, edd. Riehm Nowack . Len F. Lenormant, Les Origines de lHistoire.
Eng. Tr. English Translation. Bu circa., Geschichte der Edomiter . Hom F. Hommel.