H4982 H4982
Mattenai, a shortened personal name meaning 'gift of Yahweh'
This abbreviated theophoric name appears for three different men in the post-exilic community. Two of them are listed among those who had married foreign women and divorced them during Ezra's reforms—one in Ezra 10:33, another in 10:37. The third is a priest mentioned in Nehemiah 12:19. The name is a shortened form of Mattaniah ('gift of Yahweh'), dropping the divine element to create a simpler form. The LXX renderings show some variation (Ματθαναι, Μαθθαναι) but preserve the basic consonantal structure.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Mattenai, a personal name (abbreviated form of Mattaniah). Ezra 10:33 lists him among the descendants of Hashum who 'had married foreign women'—part of the mixed marriage crisis. Ezra 10:37 mentions another Mattenai among descendants of Bani in the same situation. Nehemiah 12:19 identifies a priestly Mattenai: 'of Joiarib, Mattenai'—a priest in the generation after the return from exile. The name means 'gift,' likely shortened from a longer theophoric form. 3×
AR["مَتَّنايُ", "مَتِّنَايُ"]·ben["মত্তনয়", "মত্তনাই"]·DE["[מתני]"]·EN["Mattenai", "Mattenay"]·FR["[מתני]"]·heb["מתני"]·HI["मत्तनै"]·ID["Matenai", "Matnai"]·IT["[מתני]"]·jav["Matenai"]·KO["마드나이와", "맛드내"]·PT["Matenai", "Mattenai"]·RU["Маттенай"]·ES["Matenai"]·SW["Matenai"]·TR["Mattenay"]·urd["متنائی", "مَتّنی"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מַתְּנַי n.pr.m. (abbrev. from foregoing);—𝔊 Μαθ(θ)ανια, Μαθθαναι;— 1. a priest Ne 12:19. 2. name of two who took strange wives: a. Ezr 10:33. b. v 37.