מטר
Aramaic
Verb
מטר • (miṭrā)
- to rain
Hebrew
Etymology 1
| Root |
|---|
| מ־ט־ר (m-ṭ-r) |
| 3 terms |
From Proto-Semitic [Term?]. Compare Aramaic ܡܛܪܐ, מִטְרָא (miṭrā), Arabic مَطَر (maṭar).
Pronunciation
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /maːˈtˤaːr/, [maːˈtˤaːr]
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /mɔˈtˤɔr/, [mɔːˈtˤɔːrˤ]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /maˈtaʁ/
Noun
מָטָר • (matár) m (plural indefinite מְטָרִים, singular construct מְטַר־, plural construct מִטְרֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]
- (literary, meteorology) rain
- Tanach, Exodus 9:33, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיֵּצֵ֨א מֹשֶׁ֜ה מֵעִ֤ם פַּרְעֹה֙ אֶת־הָעִ֔יר וַיִּפְרֹ֥שׂ כַּפָּ֖יו אֶל־יְהֹוָ֑ה וַֽיַּחְדְּל֤וּ הַקֹּלוֹת֙ וְהַבָּרָ֔ד וּמָטָ֖ר לֹא־נִתַּ֥ךְ אָֽרְצָה׃
- Va-yetsé moshé me-'ím par'ó et-ha-'ír va-yifrósh kapayú el-YHWH va-yakhadlú khakolót v-khabarád u-matár lo-nitákh artsá.
- And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread forth his hands unto the LORD; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
- Tanach, 1 Kings 18:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַֽיְהִי֙ יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים וּדְבַר־יְהֹוָ֗ה הָיָה֙ אֶל־אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ בַּשָּׁנָ֥ה הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֖ית לֵאמֹ֑ר לֵ֚ךְ הֵרָאֵ֣ה אֶל־אַחְאָ֔ב וְאֶתְּנָ֥ה מָטָ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃
- Va-yehí yamím rabím u-dvár-YHWH hayá el-'eliyáhu bashaná ha-shlishít lemór lekh hera'é el-akháv ve-etná matár 'al-p'néi ha-adamá.
- And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying: ‘Go, show thyself unto Ahab, and I will send rain upon the land.’
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | מָטָר | first | מְטָרִי | מְטָרֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַמָּטָר | second | מְטָרְךָ | מְטָרֵךְ | מְטַרְכֶם | מְטַרְכֶן | |
| construct | מְטַר־ | third | מְטָרוֹ | מְטָרָהּ | מְטָרָם | מְטָרָן | |
| plural | indefinite | מְטָרִים | first | מטריי / מְטָרַי | מְטָרֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַמְּטָרִים | second | מְטָרֶיךָ | מטרייך / מְטָרַיִךְ | מִטְרֵיכֶם | מִטְרֵיכֶן | |
| construct | מִטְרֵי־ | third | מְטָרָיו | מְטָרֶיהָ | מִטְרֵיהֶם | מִטְרֵיהֶן | |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- מטרייה (mitriyá, “umbrella”)
- מָטָר מֵטֵאוֹרִים (matár-mete'órim)
References
- H4306 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- "מטר" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Etymology 2
From French mètre and cognates, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure", "rule", "length", "size", "poetic metre”).
Noun
מֶטֶר • (méter) m (plural indefinite מֶטְרִים)
- metre
- (colloquial) measuring tape
Related terms
References
- “מטר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
- מטר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he