מתן

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מָתַן( to stretch, (cmp. ארך) to be long, slow; to wait; esp. (of fruits taken off the tree) to lie over for complete ripening. Toh. IX, 5 שיִמְתּוֹנוּ שיהווכ׳ that they (the olives) may lie over so that they be easy to crush; ib. שימתונו שימלחם that they may lie over until they be ripe for salting; Tosef. ib. X, 10 שיַמְתִּינֵם ושימלחם (Hif.) to let them lie over Hif. הִמְתִּין 1) (neut, verb) to last, remain fresh, keep. Makhsh. VI, 2 בשביל שיַמְתִּינוּ (Maim. in comment. ed. Dehr. שימתונו) that they may remain fresh (Maim.). Sabb.XXIII, 5 (of a corpse) בשביל שיַמְתִּין (Ar. שיִמָּתֵן, Nif.) that it may be preserved. 2) to keep, to let ( fruits) lie over. Tosef. Makhsh. l. c., v. supra. 3) to wait, tarry, postpone. Ḥull.II, 4. Ib. 47b הַמְתִּינִי לו עדוכ׳ postpone his circumcision until Y.Pes.X, 37d אילו נַמְתִּיןוכ׳ (not ממתין) if we were to wait (with the recital of the exodus) until Gen. R. s. 18 (play on יתבששו, Gen. 2:25) לא הִמְתִּינוּ בשלותןוכ׳ they did not remain in their happiness for six hours; a. fr. 4) to be slow, patient. Ab. dR. N. ch. I שיהא אדם מַמְתִּין בדבריו ואל יהא מקפיד על דבריו that man should be slow and patient in giving his opinion, and not angrily insist on his words.

מְתַןch. sam( Hif. הִמְתִּין to last, remain fresh, keep.), to cause delay, to let wait. Targ. Job 32:4 (h. text הִכָּה).Part. pass. מְתִין waiting, detained, fr. which מְתִין, מְתֵין to wait for, hope; to be slow. Targ. Lam. 2:16. Targ. Esth. 2:12. Targ. Ps. 56:7. Ib. 130:5 מְתֵינִית Ms. (ed. אַמְתִּינֵית Af.); a. e.Yeb.63a מְתוֹן נסיבוכ׳ be slow in taking a wife, opp. קפוץ.V. מְתִין. Af. אַמְתֵּין to tarry, remain; to wait. Targ. Y. I Gen. 2:25 (v. Gen. R. s. 18, quot. in preced.). Ib. 31:28 לא אַמְתַּנְתַּנִי thou didst not wait for me (give me an opportunity, h. text נטשתני). Targ. 1 Chr. 4:18; a. fr.Yeb.91b איבעי לה לאַמְתּוּנֵי she ought to have waited.

מָתַן= מָאתָן, v. מְאָה. Targ. O. Num. 16:2; 17 ed. Berl.

מַתָּןm. (b. h.; נָתַן) giving, gift.מַתִּן תורה giving of the Law, revelation at Mount Sinai. Ber.58a bot. Gen. R. s. 34; a. fr.מ׳ שכר reward. Ab. II, 16; a. fr.מ׳ דמים sprinkling or smearing the blood (on the altar). R. Hash. 28b; a. fr.Zeb.VIII, 10 מַתַּן ארבע במ׳ ארבע blood requiring four applications mixed with ; R. Hash. l. c.; Y.Erub.X, end, 26d; Bab. ib. 100a. Ib. מ׳ ארבע במ׳ אחת (Zeb. l. c. במתנה) blood requiring four applications mixed with blood requiring one application; a. fr.מַשָּׂא ומַ׳, v. מַשָּׂא.

אֶמְתָנִיf. ch. (v. preced.) fear-inspiring, powerful. Dan. 7:7 (quot. Gen. R. s. 44 אימ׳; Ex. R. s. 25 אימתנו; Lev. R. s. 13 אימ׳ a. אימ׳; Yalk. Gen. 77; Lev. 536 אמ׳). (Ges. H. Dict. אֶמְתָּנִי, not found in editions, fr. מתן to be strong; cmp., however, אֵמְתָן a. אֵימְתָן. (Edit. Letteris, Berl. 5644 a. m., אֵימְתָנִי.

אֶמְתָנִיf. ch. (v. preced.) fear-inspiring, powerful. Dan. 7:7 (quot. Gen. R. s. 44 אימ׳; Ex. R. s. 25 אימתנו; Lev. R. s. 13 אימ׳ a. אימ׳; Yalk. Gen. 77; Lev. 536 אמ׳). (Ges. H. Dict. אֶמְתָּנִי, not found in editions, fr. מתן to be strong; cmp., however, אֵמְתָן a. אֵימְתָן. (Edit. Letteris, Berl. 5644 a. m., אֵימְתָנִי.

מָתְנַיִםm. du. (b. h.; מתן, cmp. מִתְנָא) loins. Nidd.13b Pirké dR. El. ch. XXXI אזור מָתְנָיווכ׳ the girdle of the loins of Elijah. Ib. ch. XXX במָתְנֶיהָ, v. דַּרְדּוּר. Snh.IX, 2; a. e.