Lexical Summary matar: rain Original Word: מָטַרTransliteration: matar Phonetic Spelling: (maw-tawr') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: rain Meaning: rain Strong's Concordance rain From matar; rain -- rain. see HEBREW matar Brown-Driver-Briggs H4306. matar מָטָר noun masculineExodus 9:33. rain (Assyrian me‰ru, DlHWB 406; Arabic ; Sabean (Minaean) מטר HomChrestom. 127; Aramaic מַטְרָא, ); — ׳מ 9:33 30t.; construct מְטַר Deuteronomy 11:11 5t.; plural construct מִטְרוֺת Job 37:6; — rain, as watering earth, especially Canaan, Deuteronomy 11:11 ׳מ הַשָּׁמַיִם; as blessing sent (verb usually נָתַן and withheld by ׳י 11:14 ("" מַלְקוֺשׁ יוֺרֶה,); 11:17 (here ׳מְ אַרְצְכֶס); 28:12; 1 Kings 8:35-36, 17:1 ("" טַל), 18:12; 1 Chronicles 6:26; 6:27; 7:13; Job 5:10 ("" מַיִם), compare 28:26; 36:27; Psalm 147:8 (verb מֵכִין); so ׳מְ זַרְעֲךָ Isaiah 30:23; Zechariah 10:1 ("" מַלְקוֺשׁ), 10:1 מְטַרגֶּֿשֶׁם; מָטָר גֶּשֶׁם Job 37:6, עֻזּוֺ מִטְרוֺת גֶּשֶׁם 37:6 ("" שֶׁלַג); 38:28 ("" אֶגְלֵיטָֿ֑ל) לַמּ ׳בְּרָקִים Psalm 135:7; Jeremiah 10:13 = 51:16 ("" מַיִם הֲמוֺן); also in מְ אֵת ׳נָתַן וְעָפָר אָבָק אַרְצְךָ Deuteronomy 28:24; compare Isaiah 5:6 (where accusative of congnate meaning with verb הִמְטִיר); wish of David 2 Samuel 1:21 ("" טַל); ׳מ בַּקָּצִיר simile of the unseasonable, Proverbs 26:1 ("" בַּקַּיִץ שֶׁלֶג); sent by extraordary supernatural power as sign Exodus 9:33-34, (J; both "" קֹלוֺת בָּרָר,) compare 1 Samuel 12:17-18, ("" קֹלוֺת); simile of refreshment Deuteronomy 32:2 ("" טַל), Job 29:23 ("" מַלְקוֺשׁ), Psalm 72:6 ("" רְבִיבִים), compare 2 Samuel 23:4; as destructive Psalm 28:3 סֹחֵף מָטָר); also figurative, Isaiah 4:6 ("" זֶרֶם). |
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