2 Chronicles 7:13:52 Chr.7.13.W5TAB
מָטָ֔ר
matar
“rain”
- Transliteration
- ma-TAR
- Extended
- maa-TAHR
- IPA
- /maˈtˤaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- rain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-TAR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-YI-he-HE ma-TAR
- clause
HEN e-e-TSOR ha-sha-MA-yim ve-LO-YI-he-HE ma-TAR ve-HEN-a-tsa-VE al-KHA-gav le-e-KHOL ha-A-rets
- sentence
HEN e-e-TSOR ha-sha-MA-yim ve-LO-YI-he-HE ma-TAR ve-HEN-a-tsa-VE al-KHA-gav le-e-KHOL ha-A-rets ve-im-a-shal-LAKH DE-ver be-a-MI
Exegesis
The first protasis pairs the Qal imperfect ʾeʿeṣōr {אֶעֱצֹר | ʾeʿeṣōr} ‘I restrain’ with the noun hashamayim {הַשָּׁמַיִם | haš-šā-māyim} ‘the heavens’, followed by the negative velo-yihyeh {וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה | wə-lō-yihyēh} ‘and there will not be’ governing the noun matar {מָטָר | māṭār} ‘rain’, expressing divine withholding.
Root and etymology
m-t-rMem, Tet, Resh
“rain”
In context — 2 Chronicles 7:13
If I restrain the heavens so that there is no rain , and if I command the locust to devour the land, and if I send a plague among My people.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 7:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 7:13, so the Hebrew word מָטָ֔ר (matar) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.7.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.7.13.W5.S1) and character.