Exponential of Matrix Rewritten as Hyperbolic Functions

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Working through a paper and cannot seem to confirm the following equality:

$\exp(-\beta\hbar\omega_i\hat{S_{iz}}) = \cosh(\frac{\beta\hbar\omega_i}{2})-2\hat{S_{iz}}\sinh(\frac{\beta\hbar\omega_i}{2})$

where

$\exp(-\beta\hbar\omega_i\hat{S_{iz}}) = \exp(-\beta\hbar(\omega_1\hat{S_{1z}}+\omega_2\hat{S_{2z}}))$,

$\hat{S_{1z}} = \begin{matrix} 1/2 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1/2 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & -1/2 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & -1/2 \end{matrix}$

and

$\hat{S_{2z}} = \begin{matrix} 1/2 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & -1/2 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1/2 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & -1/2 \end{matrix}$

Any help/resources would be appreciated. My main concern is how the matrix moves in front of the hyperbolic sin function and out of the argument.