H4970
מָתַי
how
1) when? 1a) with prep 1a1) against when?, until when?, how long?, after how long?
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
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.
34 occurrences
Genesis (1), Exodus (2), Numbers (1), I Samuel (2), II Samuel (1), I Kings (1), Nehemiah (1), Job (1), Psalms (8), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (7), Daniel (2), Hosea (1), Amos (1), Habakkuk (1), Zechariah (1)
- Genesis 30:30
- Exodus 10:3
- Exodus 10:7
- Numbers 14:27
- I Samuel 1:14
- I Samuel 16:1
- II Samuel 2:26
- I Kings 18:21
- Nehemiah 2:6
- Job 7:4
- Psalms 74:10
- Psalms 82:2
- Psalms 90:13
- Psalms 94:3
- Psalms 94:8
- Psalms 101:2
- Psalms 119:82
- Psalms 119:84
- Proverbs 6:9
- Proverbs 23:35
- Isaiah 6:11
- Jeremiah 4:14
- Jeremiah 4:21
- Jeremiah 12:4
- Jeremiah 13:27
- Jeremiah 23:26
- Jeremiah 31:22
- Jeremiah 47:5
- Daniel 8:13
- Daniel 12:6
- Hosea 8:5
- Amos 8:5
- Habakkuk 2:6
- Zechariah 1:12