מָטָר noun masculine^{Exodus 9:33}. rain (Assyrian me‰ru, Dl^{HWB 406}; Arabic ; Sabean (Minaean) מטר Hom^{Chrestom. 127}; Aramaic מַטְרָא, ); — ׳מ Exodus 9:33 30t.; construct מְטַר Deuteronomy 11:11 5t.; plural construct מִטְרוֺת Job 37:6; — rain, as watering earth, especially Canaan, Deuteronomy 11:11 הַשָּׁמַיִם ׳מ; as blessing sent (verb usually נָתַן and withheld by ׳י Deuteronomy 11:14 ("" יוֺרֶה, מַלְקוֺשׁ); Deuteronomy 11:17 (here אַרְצְכֶס ׳מְ); Deuteronomy 28:12; 1 Kings 8:35,36; 1 Kings 17:1 ("" טַל), 1 Kings 18:12; 1 Chronicles 6:26; 1 Chronicles 6:27; 1 Chronicles 7:13; Job 5:10 ("" מַיִם), compare Job 28:26; Job 36:27; Psalm 147:8 (verb מֵכִין); so זַרְעֲךָ ׳מְ Isaiah 30:23; Zechariah 10:1 ("" מַלְקוֺשׁ), Zechariah 10:1 מְטַרגֶּֿשֶׁם; גֶּשֶׁם מָטָר Job 37:6, גֶּשֶׁם מִטְרוֺת עֻזּוֺ Job 37:6 ("" שֶׁלַג); Job 38:28 ("" אֶגְלֵיטָֿ֑ל) ׳בְּרָקִים לַמּ Psalm 135:7; Jeremiah 10:13 = Jeremiah 51:16 ("" הֲמוֺן מַיִם); also in אַרְצְךָ אָבָק וְעָפָר ׳נָתַן אֵת מְ Deuteronomy 28:24; compare Isaiah 5:6 (where accusative of congnate meaning with verb הִמְטִיר); wish of David 2 Samuel 1:21 ("" טַל); בַּקָּצִיר ׳מ simile of the unseasonable, Proverbs 26:1 ("" שֶׁלֶג בַּקַּיִץ); sent by extraordary supernatural power as sign Exodus 9:33,34 (J; both "" בָּרָר, קֹלוֺת) compare 1 Samuel 12:17,18 ("" קֹלוֺת); simile of refreshment Deuteronomy 32:2 ("" טַל), Job 29:23 ("" מַלְקוֺשׁ), Psalm 72:6 ("" רְבִיבִים), compare 2 Samuel 23:4; as destructive Psalm 28:3 מָטָר סֹחֵף); also figurative, Isaiah 4:6 ("" זֶרֶם).