Lexical Summary matar: to rain Original Word: מָטַרTransliteration: matar Phonetic Spelling: (maw-tar') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to rain Meaning: to rain Strong's Concordance cause to rain upon A primitive root; to rain -- (cause to) rain (upon). Brown-Driver-Briggs H4305. matar [מָטַר] verb denominative (compare GerberVerb. denom.106) [rain] (Arabic ; Syriac ᵑ7 Aph`el אַמְטַר); — Niph`al Imperfect be rained upon תִּמָּטֵר אַחַתּ חֶלְקָה Amos 4:7. Hiph`il Pf . הִמְטִיר Genesis 2:5; 19:24; וְהִמְטַרְתִּ֫י Amos 4:7; Imperfect יַמְטֵר Psalm 11:6; Job 20:23; וַיַּמְטֵר Exodus 9:3 2t.; 3 feminine singular תַּמְטִיר Amos 4:7 (but read ᵑ9 ᵐ5 אַמְטִיר1singular אַמְטִיר 4:7 + vAmos 4:7 (for תַּמְטִיר), Ezekiel 38:22; Infinitive construct הַמְטִיר Isaiah 5:6; Job 38:26; Participle מַמְטִיר Genesis 7:4 2t.; — send rain, rain (followed by עַל except Exodus 9:18; 16:4); subject ׳י (no direct object) Genesis 2:5; 7:4 (both J), Amos 4:7 (3 t. in verse), compare Job 38:26; subject clouds עָבִים by divine command Isaiah 5:6 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb מָטָר); ׳הִמִ מָן Psalm 78:24; שְׁאֵר 78:27; לֶחֶם Exodus 16:4 (J; מִןהַֿשָּׁמַים no עַל); as act of judgment ׳הִמ בָּרָד rain hail, send hail, subject ׳י 9:23 (J); compare 9:18 (J; no עַל); object וָאֵשׁ גָּפְרִית Genesis 19:24 (J), compare Ezekiel 38:22 אַמ וְגָפְרִית אֵשׁ אֶלְגָּבִישׁ וְאַבְנֵי שׁוֺטֵף ׳וְגֶשֶׁם; figurative Psalm 11:6 (object מַּחִים; but read אֵשׁ מַּחֲמֵי see Ew Che Bae and others); Job 20:23 ("" clause אַמּוֺ חֲרוֺן בּוֺ יְשַׁלַּח). |
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