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Isaiah 3:25

“Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מַתmath · math
H4962 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural)
Derivation: from the same as H4970 (מָתַי);
KJV renderings: [phrase] few, [idiom] friends, men, persons, [idiom] small.
Grammar: מְתַ֖יִ — common noun, masculine, plural, construct
ךְ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, feminine, singular
Code HNcmpc/Sp2fs
Usage: Occurs 22 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 34:30 Deuteronomy 2:34 Deuteronomy 3:6 Deuteronomy 4:27 Deuteronomy 26:5

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מַת here.

Verse 24 Verse 26

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.