מַטָּה (maṭṭâ) is
a Hebrew adjective
meaning downwards. It appears
19 times
in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4295).
Also rendered
beneath
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1352a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1352a)downwards; downward, below, beneath; down, less, very low, under, underneath
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מַ֫טָּהadverb: downwards
מָ֑֫טָּה adverb downwards
Strong's H4295מַטָּה: downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes KJV:beneath, down(-ward), less, very low, under(-neath).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 1352: נָטָהnāṭâ — stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend; stretch, offer, pitch, turn; be stretched out; afternoon, apply, bow, bowing, carry aside, decline, deliver, go down, be gone, intend, lay, let down, outstretched, overthrown…