Lexical Definition

‎מָטַר‎ mâṭar (maw-tawr') rain ^H:N-M
from ‎מָטַר‎

rain.

• rain

1) rain

See Greek: βρέχω · ὑετός · ὑετός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מָטָר‎ noun masculine^{Exod 9:33}. rain (Assyrian me‰ru, Dl^{HWB 406}; Arabic ; Sabean (Minaean) ‎מטר‎ Hom^{Chrestom. 127}; Aramaic ‎מַטְרָא‎, ); — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 9:33 + 30 t.; construct ‎מְטַר‎ Deut 11:11 + 5 t.; plural construct ‎מִטְרוֺת‎ Job 37:6 — rain, as watering earth, especially Canaan, Deut 11:11 ‎הַשָּׁמַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎; as blessing sent (verb usually ‎נָתַן‎ and withheld by ‎׳‎‎י‎ Deut 11:14 (|| ‎יוֺרֶה‎, ‎מַלְקוֺשׁ‎); vDeut 11:17 (here ‎אַרְצְכֶס‎ ‎׳‎‎מְ‎); Deut 28:12; 1Kgs 8:35; 1Kgs 8:36; 1Kgs 17:1 (|| ‎טַל‎), 1Kgs 18:12; 1Chr 6:26*; 1Chr 6:27*; 1Chr 7:13; Job 5:10 (|| ‎מַיִם‎), compare Job 28:26; Job 36:27; Ps 147:8 (verb ‎מֵכִין‎); so ‎זַרְעֲךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎מְ‎ Isa 30:23; Zech 10:1 (|| ‎מַלְקוֺשׁ‎), vZech 10:1 ‎מְטַרגֶּֿשֶׁם‎; ‎גֶּשֶׁם מָטָר‎ Job 37:6, ‎גֶּשֶׁם מִטְרוֺת עֻזּוֺ‎ vJob 37:6 (|| ‎שֶׁלַג‎); Job 38:28 (|| ‎אֶגְלֵיטָֿ֑ל‎) ‎׳‎‎בְּרָקִים לַמּ‎ Ps 135:7; Jer 10:13 = Jer 51:16 (|| ‎הֲמוֺן מַיִם‎); also in ‎אַרְצְךָ אָבָק וְעָפָר‎ ‎׳‎‎נָתַן אֵת מְ‎ Deut 28:24 compare Isa 5:6 (where accusative of congnate meaning with verb ‎הִמְטִיר‎); wish of David 2Sam 1:21 (|| ‎טַל‎); ‎בַּקָּצִיר‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ simile of the unseasonable, Prov 26:1 (|| ‎שֶׁלֶג בַּקַּיִץ‎); sent by extraordary supernatural power as sign Exod 9:33; Exod 9:34 (J; both || ‎בָּרָר‎, ‎קֹלוֺת‎) compare 1Sam 12:17; 1Sam 12:18 (|| ‎קֹלוֺת‎); simile of refreshment Deut 32:2 (|| ‎טַל‎), Job 29:23 (|| ‎מַלְקוֺשׁ‎), Ps 72:6 (|| ‎רְבִיבִים‎), compare 2Sam 23:4 as destructive Ps 28:3 ‎מָטָר סֹחֵף‎); also figurative, Isa 4:6 (|| ‎זֶרֶם‎).

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