"מתן" meaning in Hebrew

See מתן in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: מַתָּן [canonical, masculine], matán [romanization]
Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|נ־ת־ן}} Head templates: {{he-proper noun|g=m|pat=מִקְטָל|tr=matán|wv=מַתָּן}} מַתָּן • (matán) m [pattern: מִקְטָל]
  1. a male given name, Matan
    Sense id: en-מתן-he-name-SdIIuB~D Categories (other): Hebrew given names, Hebrew male given names, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew terms belonging to the root נ־ת־ן, Hebrew terms in the pattern מִקְטָל, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 39 16 21 24 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 71 29 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root נ־ת־ן: 71 29 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern מִקְטָל: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 30 13 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 19 8 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: מַתָּן [canonical, masculine], matán [romanization]
Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|נ־ת־ן}} Head templates: {{he-noun|g=m|pat=מִקְטָל|tr=matán|wv=מַתָּן}} מַתָּן • (matán) m [pattern: מִקְטָל]
  1. (archaic, except in fixed expressions) gift, giving Tags: archaic Synonyms: מַתָּנָה Derived forms: מַשָּׂא וּמַתָּן (masá umatán)
    Sense id: en-מתן-he-noun-bNh9Z6WE Categories (other): Hebrew terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: מֹתֶן [canonical, masculine], móten [romanization]
Head templates: {{he-noun|g=m|tr=móten|wv=מֹתֶן}} מֹתֶן • (móten) m
  1. defective spelling of מותן Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: מותן
    Sense id: en-מתן-he-noun-TOpzFnPL Categories (other): Hebrew defective spellings, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: מִתֵּן [canonical], mitén [romanization]
Head templates: {{he-verb|pi|tr=mitén|wv=מִתֵּן}} מִתֵּן • (mitén) (pi'el construction)
  1. defective spelling of מיתן Tags: alt-of, construction-pi'el, misspelling Alternative form of: מיתן
    Sense id: en-מתן-he-verb-5Fyt75en Categories (other): Hebrew defective spellings, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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