מַתָּנָה
mattânâh · mat-taw-naw'
a present; specifically (in a good sense), a sacrificial offering, (in a bad sense) a bribe
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H4976 (מַתָּן);
a present; specifically (in a good sense), a sacrificial offering, (in a bad sense) a bribe
- a present
- specifically, (in a good sense), a sacrificial offering, (in a bad sense) a bribe
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: gift.
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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the mark, the covenant sign › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the mark, the covenant sign of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַתָּנָה 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- gifts5 · 29%
- a gift2 · 12%
- and beside your gifts1 · 6%
- as a gift1 · 6%
- of gift1 · 6%
- out of all your gifts1 · 6%
- shall give as he is able1 · 6%
- and gifts1 · 6%
- and a gift1 · 6%
- them in their own gifts1 · 6%
- your gifts1 · 6%
- no more with your gifts1 · 6%
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.