Lexical Definition

‎מַתַּתָּה‎ Mattattâh (mat-tat-taw') Mattattah ^N:N-M-P
for ‎מַתִּתְיָה‎; gift of Jah

Mattathah.

• § Mattathah = "gift of Jehovah"
• Mattattah, an Israelite

1) son of Hashum who took and put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra

See Greek: Ματταθά

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.33

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַתַּתָּה‎ proper name, masculine one of those who took foreign wives Ezra 10:33, ᵐ5 Αθα, A ᵐ5^L Μαθθαθ(α).

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Male • Returned from exile • Descendant of Hashum, who divorced his foreign wife.

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Mattattah, a descendant of Hashum, divorced his foreign wife during Ezra's reforms (Ezr.10.33).

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.33;
• only referred to as Mattattah מַתַּתָּה.

Mattattah was a man from the family of Hashum who had married a foreign woman during the time of Ezra. As part of Ezra's reforms to purify the Jewish community after their return from Babylonian exile, Mattattah and others who had married foreign wives were required to divorce them (Ezra 10:33). This action was taken to ensure that the Israelites remained faithful to the Lord and did not fall into the same sins that had led to their exile.

All entries for Mattattah: מַתַּתָּה