מָתַי
mâthay · maw-thah'ee
properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to extend;
properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative)
- properly, extent (of time)
- but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: long, when.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the mark, the covenant sign › the hand that works
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the mark, the covenant sign of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָתַי 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
43 occurrences · 43 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and now when1 · 33%
- over me: when1 · 33%
- how long1 · 33%
Where it is used, by book.
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.