Jastrow: מַתָּנָה

מַתָּנָה f. (b. h.; נָתַן) 1) gift, present, donation; grant, privilege. Y. Peah III, 17ᵈ bot. איזו היא מ׳ … מ׳ וכ׳ what is a mattanah? All my property be given to—as a gift from now, contrad. to דִּיאֲתִיקִי. B. Bath. 147ᵃ מניין למַתְּנַת שכיב וכ׳ how can it be proven that the donation of one expecting to die is legal by Biblical law (without formal possession)? Kidd. 6ᵇ, a. fr. מ׳ ע"מ להחזיר שמה מ׳ a present made with the condition that it must be returned, is legally a present (the recipient’s property for the time being); a. v. fr.—Pl. מַתָּנוֹת. Ber. 5ᵃ; a. fr.—מַתְּנוֹת כהונה, v. כְּהוּנָּה.—Tosef. Dem. II, 7 מ׳ גבולין the priestly privileges outside of the Temple. Ib. 8 יש לו במ׳ has a right to priestly gifts. Tosef. Peah II, 13 ארבע מ׳ בכרם there are four gifts for the poor connected with the vineyard; Ḥull. 131ᵃ מַתְּנוֹת עניים; a. fr. —2) (Lev. VIII, 15) sprinkling or smearing the blood (on the altar &c.). Zeb. V, 1 מ׳ אחת מהן וכ׳ one of those applications if omitted makes the sacrifice invalid. Ib. VIII, 10 הנתנין מ׳ אחת וכ׳ blood of a sacrifice which requires only one application if mixed with blood &c., v. מַתָּן; a. v. fr.—Pl. as ab. Ib. V, 3 ארבע מ׳ על וכ׳ four applications (with the finger dipped in the blood) at the four corners. Ib. 4 שתי מ׳ שהן ארבע two sprinklings appearing like four, i.e. towards two opposite corners of the altar; a. fr.