Aramaic word · H4978

מַתְּנָא

umatenan

gift

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

What it means

gift

Aramaic of mat.ta.nah (מַתָּנָה "gift" H4979)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Daniel · 3

  1. Daniel 2:6 מַתְּנָ֤ן gifts

    But if you tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So tell me the dream and its interpretation.”

  2. Daniel 2:48 וּמַתְּנָ֨ן and gifts

    Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.

    Here: "And gifts." These are royal presents. They fulfil the promise in 2:6 of "gifts and reward and great honour" to whoever could tell the dream and what it meant.

  3. Daniel 5:17 מַתְּנָתָךְ֙ gifts your

    In response, Daniel said to the king, “You may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else. Nevertheless, I will read the inscription for the king and interpret it for him.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.