# מַטְאֲטֵא (matate)

Israeli respelling: mat-a-te. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4292. 1 Old Testament occurrences.

a broom (as removing dirt (compare English 'to dust', i.e. remove dust))

King James renderings: besom.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/matate-h4292

## Occurrences

- [Isaiah 14:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/14/23) — I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of…