Lexicon matate: broom, besom Original Word: מַטְאֲטֵאPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: matate Phonetic Spelling: (mat-at-ay') Short Definition: broom NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom tuDefinitionbroom, besom NASB Translationbroom (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs מַטְאֲטֵא noun [masculine] broom, besom, only Isaiah 14:23, see foregoing. Strong's besom Apparently a denominative from tiyt; a broom (as removing dirt (compare Engl. "to dust", i.e. Remove dust)) -- besom. see HEBREW tiyt |
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