MATTANAH măt’ ə nə (מַתָּנָֽה, gift). A camping place of the Israelites on their exodus from Egypt (Num 21:18, 19) when they traveled, E of the Dead Sea, from the river Arnon into the territory of Sihon, king of the Amorites. According to the account in Numbers the place lay between Beer and the stream Nahaliel. The exact location of the site is unknown, although it has been tentatively identified with Khirbet el-Medeiyineh, eleven m. NE of Dibon.