What does מָטַר mean in the Bible?
מָטַר is a Hebrew word meaning "to rain".
Hebrew · H4305
מָטַר
To rain
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מָטַר H4305
What does מָטַר mean in the Bible?
מָטַר is a Hebrew word meaning "to rain".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H4305?
The BSB source-word alignment has 17 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include I will rain down (2), rained down (2), [it] (1), He rained (1), He rained down (1).
Where does מָטַר appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 2:5. Its strongest book concentrations include Amos (4), Exodus (3), Genesis (3), Psalms (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It I will rain down 2× Exodus 9:18, Exodus 16:4
rained down 2× Genesis 19:24, Exodus 9:23
[it] 1× Amos 4:7
He rained 1× Psalms 78:27
He rained down 1× Psalms 78:24
He will rain down 1× Psalms 11:6
I sent rain 1× Amos 4:7
I will pour out 1× Ezekiel 38:22
rain 1× Amos 4:7
raining it down 1× Job 20:23
received rain 1× Amos 4:7
sent rain 1× Genesis 2:5
shall not fall 1× Isaiah 5:6
to bring rain 1× Job 38:26
will send rain 1× Genesis 7:4
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 2:5 הִמְטִ֜יר to sent rain Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Genesis 7:4 מַמְטִ֣יר to will send rain Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Genesis 19:24 הִמְטִ֧יר to rained down Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Exodus 9:18 מַמְטִיר֙ to I will rain down Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Exodus 9:23 וַיַּמְטֵ֧ר to rained down Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Exodus 16:4 מַמְטִ֥יר to I will rain down Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Job 20:23 וְיַמְטֵ֥ר to raining it down Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Job 38:26 לְ֭הַמְטִיר to to bring rain Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Psalms 11:6 יַמְטֵ֥ר to He will rain down Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Psalms 78:24 וַיַּמְטֵ֬ר to He rained down Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 2:5
Aligned rows 17
Books represented 7
Genesis 3 Exodus 3 Job 2 Psalms 3 Isaiah 1 Ezekiel 1 Amos 4
Source forms
וַיַּמְטֵ֬ר 2x way·yam·ṭêr Psalms 78:24, Psalms 78:27
אַמְטִ֤יר 1x ’am·ṭîr Ezekiel 38:22
אַמְטִ֑יר 1x ’am·ṭîr Amos 4:7
הִמְטִ֜יר 1x him·ṭîr Genesis 2:5
הִמְטִ֧יר 1x him·ṭîr Genesis 19:24
וְהִמְטַרְתִּי֙ 1x wə·him·ṭar·tî Amos 4:7
וְיַמְטֵ֥ר 1x wə·yam·ṭêr Job 20:23
וַיַּמְטֵ֧ר 1x way·yam·ṭêr Exodus 9:23
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 3x Exodus 9:23, Psalms 78:24, Psalms 78:27
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular 3x Genesis 7:4, Exodus 9:18, Exodus 16:4
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular 2x Ezekiel 38:22, Amos 4:7
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular 2x Genesis 2:5, Genesis 19:24
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular 1x Job 20:23
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular 1x Amos 4:7
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct 1x Job 38:26
Preposition-m | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct 1x Isaiah 5:6
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. to rain
Source Gloss
to rain
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
to rain BDB: rain Usage: (cause to) rain (upon).
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 10
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 9×
Imperfect Amos 4:7 · Ezek 38:22 · Ps 11:6 4×
Participle active Exod 9:18 · Exod 16:4 · Gen 7:4 3×
Perfect Gen 2:5 · Gen 19:24 2×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 1×
Imperfect Amos 4:7 1×
Word Origins
מָטַר is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain