Lexical Definition

‎מָתַי‎ mâthay (maw-thah'ee) how ^H:Intg
from an unused root meaning to extend

long, when.

• properly, extent (of time)
• but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative)

1) when?
1a) with prep
1a1) against when?, until when?, how long?, after how long?

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מָתַי‎₄₃ interrogative adverb when? (Arabic ; Assyrian mati: in Late Hebrew and Aramaic with the interrogative ‎אַי‎, ‎אֵימָתִי‎, ‎אֵימָת‎, ), in OT only of future time:
a. alone, Gen 30:30 ‎מָתַי אעשׂה גם אנכי‎ ‎לביתי‎ when shall I also do, etc.? Amos 8:5; Ps 41:6*; Ps 42:3*; Ps 94:8; Ps 101:2; Ps 119:82; Ps 119:84; Prov 6:9 b Prov 23:35; Job 7:4 ‎מָתַי אָקוּם‎, Neh 2:6.
b. ‎לְמָתַי‎ against when? Exod 8:5* ‎לְמָתַי‎ ‎לְךָ‎ ‎אַעְתִּיר‎.
c. ‎עַדמָֿתַי‎ until when? how long? followed by imperfect Exod 10:7 ‎עד מתי יהיה זה לנו למוקשׁ‎, 1Sam 1:14; Jer 4:14; Jer 4:21; Ps 74:10; Ps 82:2; Ps 94:3; Prov 1:22 +, followed by participle1 Sam Prov 16:1; 1Kgs 18:21 ‎עַדמָֿתַי אַתֶּם פֹּסְחִים עַלשְֿׁתֵּי הַסְּעִפִּים‎, followed by perfect Exod 10:3; Ps 80:5* ‎עַד מָתַי לֹא‎ 2Sam 2:26; Hos 8:5; Zech 1:12 alone, Isa 6:11 ‎וָאֹמַר עַדמָֿתַי אֲדֹנָי‎, Hab 2:6 ‎הוֺי הַמַּרְבֶּה לֹאלֿוֺ עַדמָֿתַי‎; with an aposiop., Ps 6:4* ‎עַדמָֿתָ֑י‎ ‎׳‎‎וְאַתָּה י‎, Ps 90:13.
d. ‎אַחֲרֵי מָתַי עוֺד‎, after how long yet? Jer 13:27. ‎מְתִים‎ see ‎מַת‎. ‎מַתְכֹּ֫נֶת‎ see ‎תכן‎. above, ‎מַתְּלָאָה‎ see ‎תְּלָאָה‎. ‎מְתַלְּעוֺת‎ see ‎תלע‎. ‎מְתֹם‎ see ‎תמם‎; Judg 20:48 see ‎מַת‎.

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