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mt, mtˀ (māṯ, māṯā) n.m. region
1
region, country
Common (except: BA)
Decree.R.2↗ איש זי ס[ל]ק"ח[ל]ק" מן מת אכדה‏ : one who has come up/gone missing/ from the land of Akkad ; TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .36↗ למה ה̇ו יחבל מתא עלין‏ : why should he destroy the country on us? ; 4QLeviaar1.1.15↗ לכל מת ומדינה די יהך לה‏ : to whatever country or province he goes ; CTLevi ar a F.20↗ מאת ומדינה‏
(1)
land
JBA
BT Men 85a(6)↗ למת ירקא ירקא שק{י}<ו>ל‏ : take vegetables to GN [lit. a place of (plentiful) vegetables]
(2)
homeland
Syr
HS.3↗ ܡܕܢܚܐ ܡܬܢ‏ : the East, our homeland
2
town, small city
Gal, Syr, JBAmb, JBA, JBAg, Man
JMP 4.1.R(6)↗ אתכתב שטר פרנא הכא במתא פלנית‏ : this marriage contract was written in such-and-such a residential area ; SyrIncBowl 46.5↗ ܂܂܂ܐ ܡܐܬܐ ܘܝܬܒ܂܂܂‏ ; JBABowl 115.1:6↗ דקמא בדברא שדיה ודלט<א> במתא שדיה‏ : the one staying in the countryside is thrown down and the one cursing in the town is thrown down ; BT Er 24b(21)↗ טלטולי במתא גופיה שרי‏ : moving objects (on the Sabbath) in the built-up area itself is permitted ; BT Ket 85a(44)↗ תיתי ותשתבע לי במתאי‏ : let her come and swear to me in my town ; Anan 16:4↗ בית דינא דמאתיהון‏ : their town's court ; GY 329:13↗ unibnia lmata ˁurašlam
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pl. ܡ̈ܵܬܸܐ‏; מתוואתא
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Akkadian mātu, "land, country, region". Note the relative frequency in older texts and the specialized usages in later ones.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 858[408]DJBA: 718aJastrow: 859Drower/Macuch: 256bJ. Payne-Smith: 311Tal Sam: 492DNWSI: 706Qumran: 150
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