מָתַי

ma.tay

how

Strong’s H4970Interrogative43 times in the Hebrew Bible

when43

In the text

Exodus 8:9לְמָתַי
Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”
1 Samuel 1:14מָתַי
and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”
Nehemiah 2:6מָתַי
Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.
Psalm 6:3מָתָי
My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
Proverbs 1:22מָתַי
“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
Jeremiah 4:14מָתַי
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

מָתַי 43 interrog.adv. when?

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.