Strong's Lexicon

H4970

H4970 — מָתַי

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewmathayadverbOccurrences: 43TWOT: 1266

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4970
Word:מָתַי
Part of Speech:adverb
Etymology:from an unused root meaning to extend
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:43
Transliteration:mathay
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:maw-thah'ee
Meaning:1. (properly) extent (of time) 2. but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative)
KJV Renderings:long, when.

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מָתַי43 adverb interrogative when? (Arabic [untranscribed source text 3120]; Assyrian mati: in Late Hebrew and Aramaic with the interrogative אַי, אֵימָתִי , אֵימָת, [untranscribed source text 3121]), in OT only of future time:

a. alone, Gen 30:30 מָתַי אעשׂה גם אנכי לביתי when shall I also do, etc.? Amos 8:5; Ps 41:6; Ps 42:3; Ps 94:8; Ps 101:2; Ps 119:82; Ps 119:84; Prov 6:9 b Prov 23:35; Job 7:4 מָתַי אָקוּם, Neh 2:6.
b. לְמָתַי against when? Exod 8:5 לְמָתַי לְךָ אַעְתִּיר.
c. עַדמָֿתַי until when? how long? followed by imperfect Exod 10:7 עד מתי יהיה זה לנו למוקשׁ, 1Sam 1:14; Jer 4:14; Jer 4:21; Ps 74:10; Ps 82:2; Ps 94:3; Prov 1:22 +, followed by participle1 Sam Prov 16:1; 1Kgs 18:21 עַדמָֿתַי אַתֶּם פֹּסְחִים עַלשְֿׁתֵּי הַסְּעִפִּים, followed by perfect Exod 10:3; Ps 80:5 עַד מָתַי לֹא 2Sam 2:26; Hos 8:5; Zech 1:12 alone, Isa 6:11 וָאֹמַר עַדמָֿתַי אֲדֹנָי, Hab 2:6 הוֺי הַמַּרְבֶּה לֹאלֿוֺ עַדמָֿתַי; with an aposiop., Ps 6:4 עַדמָֿתָ֑י ׳ וְאַתָּה י, Ps 90:13.
d. אַחֲרֵי מָתַי עוֺד, after how long yet? Jer 13:27.


מְתִים see מַת . מַתְכֹּ֫נֶת see תכן . above,


מַתְּלָאָה see תְּלָאָה . מְתַלְּעוֺת see תלע .


מְתֹם see תמם ; Judg 20:48 see מַת .


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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