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H4969
H4969 — מָתַח
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
mathach (maw-thakh') v.
1. to stretch out
[a primitive root]
KJV: spread out.
TWOT
TWOT: 1265
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KJV Renderings
spread out.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB4895
[מָתַח] verb spread out (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 3117], מְתַח; Arabic [untranscribed source text 3118] be long, [untranscribed source text 3119] long (probably load-word); compare perhaps Assyrian matâ—u , direct the eyes toward); — only
Qal
Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix וַיִּמְתָּחֵם
Isa 40:22
and he (׳
י) hath spread them (the heavens) out as a tent to
dwell in.