{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4970",
  "lemma": "מָתַי",
  "transliteration": "mâthay",
  "definition": "properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative)",
  "kjv": "long, when.",
  "occurrences": 43,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מָתַי 43 interrog.adv. when?"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 30:30",
      "text": "For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. The LORD has blessed you wherever I…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/30?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 8:5",
      "text": "Moses said to Pharaoh, “I give you the honor of setting the time that I should pray for you, and for your servants, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/8?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 10:3",
      "text": "Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/10?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 10:7",
      "text": "Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/10?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 14:27",
      "text": "“How long shall I bear with this evil congregation that complain against me? I have heard the complaints of the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/14?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 1:14",
      "text": "Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Get rid of your wine!”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 16:1",
      "text": "The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/16?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 2:26",
      "text": "Then Abner called to Joab, and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Don’t you know that it will be bitterness in the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 18:21",
      "text": "Elijah came near to all the people, and said, “How long will you waver between the two sides? If the LORD is God…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/18?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 6:11",
      "text": "Then I said, “Lord, how long?” He answered, “Until cities are waste without inhabitant, houses without man, the land…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/6?v=11"
    }
  ],
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