BDB4890
[מַת] noun masculine male, man (מְתוּֿ in proper name; Zinjirli מת collective males, male offspring; Assyrian mutu , husband; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 3116] id.; compare Egyptian m-t , phallus, male, Steind in BaNB § 2b, δ); — only plural מְתִים Job 11:3 + 3 t., מְתִם Deut 2:34; Deut 3:6 + Judg 20:48 (probably), for ᵑ0 מְתֹם, so GFM; construct מְתֵי Gen 34:30 + 13 t.; suffix 2 feminine singular מְתַיִךְ; Isa 3:25 3 masculine singular מְתָיו Deut 33:6 —
1.
males, men, Isa 3:25 (|| גְּבוּרָתֵךְ); more distinctly, וְהַטָּף
(וְ)הַנָּשִׁים
מְתִם
עִיר
Deut 2:34; Deut 3:6 every
city of males (male population, compare Dr),
and the women, etc.; Judg 20:48 (see above; opposed to בְּהֵמָה).
2. usually less emphasis on sex, in prose only phrase:
a.
מְתֵי מִסְפָּר
men of number (numerable, i.e. few) Gen 34:30 (
J
; apposition of אֲנִי = Jacob, representing his family), Deut 4:27; Jer 44:28, also Ps 105:12
= 1Chr
16:19
compare וִיהִי מְתָיו מִסְפָּר
Deut 33:6
and (but) let his men be few.
b.
בִּמְתֵי מְעָ֑ט = consisting of a few men
Deut 26:5; Deut 28:62
3. elsewhere only in poetry, sex usually not emphasized:
a.
Job 11:3; Job 24:12;
Ps 17:14
(twice
in verse) (but text probably corrupt, of. Bae
We; at least omit ממתים ידך
Ol
Bi
Che, compare Hup-Now);
מְתֵי ישׂראל
Isa 41:14.
b. poetic phrase: מְתֵי שָׁוְא
men of false-hood
Job 11:11;
Ps 26:4
אָוֶן
׳
מ
Ps 22:15
men of wickedness; סוֺדִי
׳
מ
Ps 19:19
men of my cycle; אָהֳלִי
׳
מ
Job 31:31
men of my tent (household); רָעָב
׳
מ
Isa 5:13
men of hunger, but read probably ׳
מְזֵי ר
sucked out, empty from hunger (as Deut 32:24) Ew
De
Che
Di
Du (compare מָזֶה).