מַתָּנָה

Genesis 25:6 מַתָּנֹ֑ת gifts

But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

Here: Movable goods given as a settlement: livestock, silver, goods. They stand in contrast to the inheritance proper (the household headship, and in Genesis the promise of the land), which went to Isaac.

Exodus 28:38 מַתְּנֹ֖ת [the] gifts of

And it will be worn on Aaron’s forehead, so that he may bear the iniquity of the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate with regard to all their holy gifts. It shall always be on his forehead, so that they may be acceptable before the LORD.

Here: Offerings seen as gifts given to God. The word covers everything Israel hands over to the sanctuary, not only animal sacrifice.

Leviticus 23:38 מַתְּנֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם gifts your

These offerings are in addition to the offerings for the LORD’s Sabbaths, and in addition to your gifts, to all your vow offerings, and to all the freewill offerings you give to the LORD.

Numbers 18:6 מַתָּנָ֤ה a gift

Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 18:7 מַתָּנָ֗ה a gift

But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”

Here: Something handed over freely. It repeats v.6, where the Levites were a 'gift' to the priests. Now the priesthood itself is God's gift to Aaron's house.

Numbers 18:29 מַתְּנֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם gifts your

You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’

Deuteronomy 16:17 כְּמַתְּנַ֣ת according to [the] gift of

Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.

2 Chronicles 21:3 מַתָּנ֨וֹת gifts

Their father had given them many gifts of silver and gold and precious things, as well as the fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.

Esther 9:22 וּמַתָּנ֖וֹת and gifts

as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.

Here: Gifts in general, a broader word than 'portions.' It covers money or goods as well as food.

Psalm 68:18 מַ֭תָּנוֹת gifts

You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.

Here: 'Gifts.' In a victory scene these are tribute and homage offerings from the conquered and from vassals, like the 'gifts' kings bring to God's temple in v.29.

Proverbs 15:27 מַתָּנֹ֣ת gifts

He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.

Here: Literally 'gifts' (plural). Set against illicit gain, and in a society where gifts to officials and judges bought outcomes, these are bribes: payments meant to buy favour or a verdict. Ecclesiastes 7:7 uses the same word: 'a gift (bribe) destroys the heart'.

Ecclesiastes 7:7 מַתָּנָֽה׃ a bribe

Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

Here: An ordinary word for a gift, here used for a gift given to buy favour: a bribe. Qoheleth uses the polite word, the way the giver would describe it, while showing what it really does.

Ezekiel 20:26 בְּמַתְּנוֹתָ֔ם by gifts their

And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire—so that I might devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.

Here: These 'gifts' are religious offerings given to a deity, not presents. The suffix 'their' matters. These were offerings Israel chose to give, and the very act of giving brought impurity on them. The preposition can mean 'by means of' or 'in the case of'.

Ezekiel 20:31 מַתְּנֹֽתֵיכֶ֡ם gifts your

When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you!

Ezekiel 20:39 בְּמַתְּנֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם by gifts your

And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.

Here: 'With your gifts': offerings. In this chapter the word is tied to the horrific 'gifts' of children passed through fire (20:26, 31). It is also aimed at offerings made to YHWH by people who also serve idols.

Ezekiel 46:16 מַתָּנָה֙ a gift

This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘If the prince gives a gift to any of his sons as an inheritance, it will belong to his descendants. It will become their property by inheritance.

Ezekiel 46:17 מַתָּנָ֜ה a gift

But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it shall be theirs.