מַ֫טָּה

mat.tahbeneathHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentAdjective19 occurrences11 books18 verses

Definition

from H5786 with directive enclitic appended; downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes
Traditional renderings: beneath, down(-ward), less, very low, under(-neath).

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

19 total
  1. Exodus 26:24מִלְּמַטָּה֒ · bottom
    …coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. These will serve as the two corners.
  2. Exodus 27:5מִלְּמָ֑טָּה · beneath
    Set the grate beneath the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar.
  3. Exodus 28:27מִלְּמַ֙טָּה֙ · the bottom
    Make two additional gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on its front, near its seam just above its woven waistband.
  4. Exodus 36:29מִלְּמַטָּה֒ · from bottom
    …coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way.
  5. Exodus 38:4מִלְּמַ֖טָּה · up from the bottom
    He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.
  6. Exodus 39:20מִלְמַ֙טָּה֙ · the bottom
    They made two additional gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on its front, near the seam just above its woven waistband.
  7. Deuteronomy 28:13לְמָ֑טָּה · downward
    The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.
  8. Deuteronomy 28:43מַ֥טָּה · lower; מָּֽטָּה׃ · and lower
    The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.
  9. 2 Kings 19:30לְמָ֑טָּה · below
    And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
  10. 1 Chronicles 27:23וּלְמָ֑טָּה · or under
    David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.
  11. 2 Chronicles 32:30לְמַֽטָּה־ · it down
    It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.
  12. Ezra 9:13לְמַ֙טָּה֙ · less
    After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),
  13. Proverbs 15:24מָֽטָּה׃ · going down
    The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
  14. Ecclesiastes 3:21לְמַ֥טָּה
    Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
  15. Isaiah 37:31לְמָ֑טָּה · below
    And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
  16. Jeremiah 31:37לְמָ֑טָּה · below
    This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.
  17. Ezekiel 1:27וּלְמַ֔טָּה · down
    From what seemed to be His waist up, I saw a gleam like amber, with what looked like fire within it all around. And from what seemed to be His waist down, I saw what looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded Him.
  18. Ezekiel 8:2וּלְמַ֖טָּה · down
    Then I looked and saw a figure like that of a man. From His waist down His appearance was like fire, and from His waist up He was as bright as the gleam of amber.