Lexical Definition

‎מַטָּה‎ maṭṭâh (mat'-taw) beneath ^H:A
from ‎עָוַר‎ with directive enclitic appended

beneath, down(-ward), less, very low, under(-neath).

• downward, below or beneath
• often adverbially with or without prefixes

1) downwards, below
1a) downwards
1b) under (of age)
1c) beneath

See Greek: κάτω · ὑποκάτω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַ֫טָּה‎, ‎מָ֑֫טָּה‎ adverb downwards (from [‎מַט‎] for [‎מַטֶּה‎] a place of declension (compare ‎נָטָה‎, 3 a), with ‎ָ  ה‎ locative, Ol^{222 b} Kö^{ii. 280:} compare the opposed to ‎מַ֫עְלָהִ‎, below ‎עָלָה‎): —
l. alone, Deut 28:43 and thou shalt descend ‎מַ֫טָּה מָ֑֫טָּה‎ downwards, downwards, i.e. lower and lower, Prov 15:24 ‎׳‎‎לְמַעַן סוּר מִשְּׁאוֺל מ‎.

2. ‎לְמַ֫טָּה‎:
a. downwards Deut 28:13 ‎׳‎‎וְלֹא תִהְיֶה למ‎, Isa 37:31 = 2Kgs 19:30 ‎׳‎‎שֹׁרֶשׁ למ‎ (compare Ph CIS^{1. i. 2, 11 f.} ‎אל יכן לם שׁרשׁ למט ופר למעל‎ let them not have root downwards, or fruit upwards), Jer 31:37; Eccl 3:21; 2Chr 32:30; Ezra 9:13 ‎כי אתה חָשַׂכְתָּ לְמַ֫טָּה מֵעֲוֺנֵנוּ‎ either (Be) hast kept back, downward, part of our iniquity (prevented it from appearing, and being counted against us), or, held us (Ges), or thy anger (Ke), back, below (compare ‎לְמַ֫עְלָה מֵעַל‎ above, 2Chr 34:4) our iniq. (punished us less than our iniq. deserved).
b. ‎וּלְמַ֫טָּה‎,
(a) of space, and downwards, Ezek 1:27 ‎׳‎‎וּמִמַּרְאֵה מָתְנָיו ול‎, Ezek 8:2
(b) of age, and under, 1Chr 17:23 ‎לְמִבֶּן עשׂרים‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁנה וְ‎.

3. ‎מִלְּמַ֫טָּה‎ beneath (see ‎מִן‎ 9 a: opposed to ‎מִלְמַעְלָה‎ above), Exod 26:24 = Exod 36:29; Exod 27:5 = Exod 38:4, Exod 28:27 = Exod 39:20.

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