מַטָּע
maṭṭâʻ · mat-taw'
something planted, i.e. the place (a garden or vineyard), or the thing (a plant, figuratively or men); by implication, the act, planting
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5193 (נָטַע);
something planted, i.e. the place (a garden or vineyard), or the thing (a plant, figuratively or men); by implication, the act, planting
- something planted, i.e. the place (a garden or vineyard), or the thing (a plant, figuratively or men)
- by implication, the act, planting
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: plant(-ation, -ing).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to surround and contain › to see and know
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to surround and contain that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַטָּע above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of my planting1 · 17%
- the planting1 · 17%
- of her plantation1 · 17%
- his plants1 · 17%
- for them a plant1 · 17%
- and as plantings1 · 17%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.