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Mattan (Hebrew: מַתָּן, Latin: Matthan) is a Hebrew name, mostly for boys, coming from the word 'gift' and literally means "giving". It is part of the title of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot that is also known as "Z'man Mattan Torah" meaning the "time [of the] giving [of the] Torah."
A Biblical reference for a Mattan as a given name is the story told in Books of Kings about the Baal priest Mattan, killed by the people of the Kingdom of Judah. In the Gospel of Matthew, Matthan is the paternal grandfather of Joseph, father of Jesus.
According to September 2005 there were 2683 citizens in Israel with the name Mattan, only 183 of them females. Other popular given names are Mattanel and Mattaniah or Mattaniahu, all meaning "Gift of God".
Places
- Mattan, Jammu and Kashmir, a town in India
- Matan, Israel, a village in Israel
People
- Mattan I
- Matan Vilnai, an Israeli politician
- Matan Naor, an Israeli basketball player
- Matan Piotrkowski
- Matan Grunseit, an Israeli-American actor
- Matan Marom, an Israeli energy engineer
- Matan Zohar, a musician
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