מְתַן ch. same , to cause delay, to let wait. Targ. Job XXXII, 4 (h. text חִכָּה).—Part. pass. מְתִין waiting, detained, fr. which מְתִין, מְתֵין to wait for, hope; to be slow. Targ. Lam. II, 16. Targ. Esth. II, 12. Targ. Ps. LVI, 7. Ib. CXXX, 5 מְתֵינִית Ms. (ed. אַמְתִּינֵית Af.); a. e.—Yeb. 63ᵃ מְתוֹן נסיב וכ׳ be slow in taking a wife, opp. קפוץ.—V. מְתִין.
Af. - אַמְתֵּין to tarry, remain; to wait. Targ. Y. I Gen. II, 25 (v. Gen. R. s. 18, quot. in preced.). Ib. XXXI, 28 לא אַמְתַּנְתַּנִי thou didst not wait for me (give me an opportunity, h. text נטשתני). Targ. I Chr. IV, 18; a. fr.—Yeb. 91ᵇ איבעי לה לאַמְתּוּנֵי she ought to have waited.