Lexicon meta or metah: to reach, attain Original Word: מְטָאPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: meta or metah Phonetic Spelling: (met-aw') Short Definition: reached NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin(Aramaic) appar. corresponding to matsaDefinitionto reach, attain NASB Translationarrived (1), came (1), come (1), happened (1), reached (4).
Brown-Driver-Briggs מְטָא, מְטָה verb reach, attain (Targam id., Syriac  , compare Christian-Palestinian Aramaic Schulth Lex. 108; Ethiopic  Arabic  (for  ) Nö ZMG xl (1886), 736; distinct from Biblical Hebrew מָצָא, etc., q. v.); — Pe`al Perfect3masculine singular מְטָא Daniel 4:25, ָ ה Daniel 7:13,22; 3feminine singular מְטַת Daniel 4:19, מְטָת Daniel 4:21 Qr (Kt, erroneous, מטית K§ 47, Beisp. 1) a)); 3 masculine plural מְטוֺ Daniel 6:25; Imperfect3masculine singular יִמְטֵא Daniel 4:8; Daniel 4:17; — 1. a. reach, come to Daniel 6:25 (ל location); come unto, as far as Daniel 7:13 (עַד person); absolute arrive Daniel 7:22 (of time; ᵐ5 ἐδόθη; 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, befall Daniel 4:21; Daniel 4:25.
Strong's 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' |
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