STRONGS NUMBER H4962


Word Summary
math: male, man
Original Word: מַת
Transliteration: math
Phonetic Spelling: (math)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: male, man
Meaning: an adult, a man
Strong's Concordance
few, friends, men, persons, small

From the same as mathay; properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural) -- + few, X friends, men, persons, X small.

see HEBREW mathay

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4962. math

[מַת‎] noun masculine male, man (מְתוּֿ‎ in proper name; Zinjirli מת‎ collective males, male offspring; Assyrian mutu, husband; Ethiopic id.; compare Egyptian m-t, phallus, male, Steind in BaNB § 2b, δ); — only plural מְתִיםJob 11:3 3t., מְתִםDeuteronomy 2:34; 3:6 + Judges 20:48 (probably), for מְתֹם ᵑ0‎, so GFM; construct מְתֵיGenesis 34:30 13t.; suffix 2 feminine singular מְתַיִךְ‎; Isaiah 3:25; 3masculine singular מְתָיוDeuteronomy 33:6; —

1 males, men, Isaiah 3:25 ("" גְּבוּרָתֵךְ‎); more distinctly, עִיר מְתִם (וְ)הַנָּשִׁים וְהַטָּףDeuteronomy 2:34; 3:6 every city of males (male population, compare Dr), and the women, etc.; Judges 20:48 (see above; opposed to בְּהֵמָה‎).

2 usually less emphasis on sex, in prose only phrase:

a. מִסְמָּר מְתֵיmen of number (numerable, i.e. few) Genesis 34:30 (J; apposition of אֲנִי‎ = Jacob, representing his family), Deuteronomy 4:27; Jeremiah 44:28, also Psalm 105:12 = 1 Chronicles 16:19; compare מִסְמָּר מְתָיו וִיהִיDeuteronomy 33:6 and (but) let his men be few.

b. מְעָ֑ט בִּמְתֵי‎ = consisting of a few men Deuteronomy 26:5; 28:62

3 elsewhere only in poetry, sex usually not emphasized:

a. Job 11:3; 24:12; Psalm 17:14 (twice in verse) (but text probably corrupt, of. Bae We; at least omit ידך ממתים‎ Ol Bi Che, compare Hup-Now); ישׂראל מְתֵיIsaiah 41:14.

b. poetic phrase: שָׁוְא מְתֵיmen of false-hood Job 11:11; Psalm 26:4; ׳מ אָוֶן22:15 men of wickedness; ׳מ סוֺדִי‎ Psalm 19:19 men of my cycle; ׳מ אָהֳלִיJob 31:31 men of my tent (household); ׳מ רָעָבIsaiah 5:13 men of hunger, but read probably ר ׳מְזֵיsucked out, empty from hunger (as Deuteronomy 32:24) Ew De Che Di Du (compare מָזֶה‎).