Biblical Hebrew

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hebrew #4291 - מְטָא meta or metah


Original Word:מְטָא
Transliteration: meta or metah
Phonetic Spelling:(met-aw')
Definition:to reach, attain
Part of Speech:Verb
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

come, reach

(Aramaic) or mtah (Aramaic) {met-aw'}; apparently corresponding to matsa' in the intransitive sense of being found present; to arrive, extend or happen -- come, reach.

see HEBREW matsa'


Englishman's Concordance

1) to reach, come upon, attain
1a) (Peal)
1a1) to reach, come to
1a2) to reach, extend
1a3) to come upon
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: apparently corresponding to H4672 in the intransitive sense of being found present
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2825

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מְטָא, מְטָהverbreach, attain (Targam id., Syriac , compare Christian-Palestinian Aramaic SchulthLex. 108; Ethiopic Arabic (for ) NöZMG xl (1886), 736; distinct from Biblical Hebrew מָצָא, etc., q. v.); —

Pe`alPerfect3masculine singular מְטָאDaniel 4:25, ָ  הDaniel 7:13,22; 3feminine singular מְטַתDaniel 4:19, מְטָתDaniel 4:21 Qr (Kt, erroneous, מטית K§ 47, Beisp. 1) a)); 3 masculine plural מְטוֺDaniel 6:25; Imperfect3masculine singular יִמְטֵאDaniel 4:8; Daniel 4:17; —

1. a.reach, come toDaniel 6:25 (ל location); come unto, as far as Daniel 7:13 (עַד person); absolute arriveDaniel 7:22 (of time; ᵐ5ἐδόθη; see NesMM 41 who compare Arabic IV. give).

b.reach, extend, ל location Daniel 4:8; Daniel 4:17; Daniel 4:19.

2 with עַל person come upon, befallDaniel 4:21; Daniel 4:25.


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 4291. מְטָא (meta or metah) — 8 Occurrences

Daniel 4:11
HEB:וּתְקִ֑ף וְרוּמֵהּ֙ יִמְטֵ֣א לִשְׁמַיָּ֔א וַחֲזוֹתֵ֖הּ
NAS: And its height reached to the sky,
KJV: and the height thereof reached unto heaven,
INT: and became height reached to the sky and it visible

Daniel 4:20
HEB:וּתְקִ֑ף וְרוּמֵהּ֙ יִמְטֵ֣א לִשְׁמַיָּ֔א וַחֲזוֹתֵ֖הּ
NAS: whose height reached to the sky
KJV: whose height reached unto the heaven,
INT: and grew height reached to the sky was visible

Daniel 4:22
HEB:וּרְבוּתָ֤ךְ רְבָת֙ וּמְטָ֣ת לִשְׁמַיָּ֔א וְשָׁלְטָנָ֖ךְ
NAS: has become great and reached to the sky
KJV: is grown, and reacheth unto heaven,
INT: and your majesty great and reached to the sky and your dominion

Daniel 4:24
HEB:הִ֔יא דִּ֥י מְטָ֖ת עַל־ [מַרְאִי
NAS: which has come upon my lord
KJV: of the most High, which is come upon
INT: and this which has come upon lord

Daniel 4:28
HEB: כֹּ֣לָּא מְּטָ֔א עַל־ נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֖ר
NAS: All [this] happened to Nebuchadnezzar
KJV: All this came upon the king
INT: All happened upon to Nebuchadnezzar

Daniel 6:24
HEB:וּנְשֵׁיה֑וֹן וְלָֽא־ מְט֞וֹ לְאַרְעִ֣ית גֻּבָּ֗א
NAS: den; and they had not reached the bottom
KJV: or ever they came at the bottom
INT: and their wives ever reached the bottom of the den

Daniel 7:13
HEB:עַתִּ֤יק יֽוֹמַיָּא֙ מְטָ֔ה וּקְדָמ֖וֹהִי הַקְרְבֽוּהִי׃
NAS: was coming, And He came up to the Ancient
KJV: of heaven, and came to
INT: to the Ancient of Days came before was presented

Daniel 7:22
HEB:עֶלְיוֹנִ֑ין וְזִמְנָ֣א מְטָ֔ה וּמַלְכוּתָ֖א הֶחֱסִ֥נוּ
NAS: and the time arrived when the saints
KJV: and the time came that the saints
INT: of the Highest and the time arrived of the kingdom took

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