The Model-View matrix allows us to perform affine transformations in our scene. Affine is a mathematical name that describes transformations that do not change the structure of the object undergoing such transformations. In our 3D world scene, such transformations are rotation, scaling, reflection shearing, and translation. Fortunately, we do not need to understand how to represent such transformations with matrices. We just need to use one of the many JavaScript matrix libraries that are available online (such as glMatrix).
Affine Transformations
You can find more information on how transformation matrices work at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affine_transformation.
You can find more information on how transformation matrices work at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affine_transformation.
Understanding the structure of the Model-View matrix will not help you if you just want to apply transformations to the scene or to objects in the scene. For that effect, simply use a library...