meta · reach, come

What it means

meta (מְטָא) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “reach, come”.

To reach, to arrive; to come upon someone (Aramaic).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To arrive at a place or at a person, or come upon one; in Aramaic.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• reached ×4
• came ×3
• has come ×1

Where it appears

• Daniel 4:11

  The tree grew and became strong, and its height reached to the heavens, and its visibility to the end of all the earth.

• Daniel 4:20

  The tree that you saw, which grew and became strong, and whose height reached to the heavens, and its visibility to all the earth,

• Daniel 4:22

  it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong, and your greatness has grown and reached to the heavens, and your dominion to the end of the earth.

• Daniel 4:24

  this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of Illaya that has come upon my lord the king:

• Daniel 4:28

  All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar.

• Daniel 6:24

  And the king gave the word, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and into the den of the lions they threw them, their children, and their wives; and they had not reached the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

• Daniel 7:13

  I was looking in the visions of the night, and look, with the clouds of the heavens one like a son of man was coming, and he came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought him near before him.

• Daniel 7:22

  until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given to the saints of Illaya, and the time came, and the saints possessed the kingdom.