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Strong's #4296 - מִטָּה

Transliteration
miṭṭâh
Phonetics
mit-taw'
Origin
from (H5186)
Parts of Speech
Noun Feminine
TWOT
1352c
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) couch, bed, bier

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 2825 ‑ κλίνη (klee'‑nay);  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (29)
Genesis 3
Exodus 1
1 Samuel 4
2 Samuel 2
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 7
2 Chronicles 2
Esther 2
Psalms 1
Proverbs 1
Song of Solomon 1
Ezekiel 1
Amos 2
NAS (27)
Genesis 3
Exodus 1
1 Samuel 4
2 Samuel 2
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 6
2 Chronicles 1
Esther 2
Psalms 1
Proverbs 1
Song of Solomon 1
Ezekiel 1
Amos 2
HCS (28)
Genesis 3
Exodus 1
1 Samuel 4
2 Samuel 1
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 7
2 Chronicles 2
Esther 2
Psalms 1
Proverbs 1
Song of Solomon 1
Ezekiel 1
Amos 2
BSB (29)
Genesis 3
Exodus 1
1 Samuel 4
2 Samuel 2
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 7
2 Chronicles 2
Esther 2
Psalms 1
Proverbs 1
Song of Solomon 1
Ezekiel 1
Amos 2
ESV (25)
Genesis 3
1 Samuel 4
2 Samuel 2
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 7
2 Chronicles 1
Esther 2
Psalms 1
Proverbs 1
Ezekiel 1
Amos 1
WEB (28)
Genesis 3
Exodus 1
1 Samuel 4
2 Samuel 2
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 6
2 Chronicles 1
Esther 2
Psalms 1
Proverbs 1
Song of Solomon 1
Ezekiel 1
Amos 3
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1308) un (נתה NTh) AC: Spread CO: Squash AB: ?: The pictograph n is a picture of a seed, the u is a picture of a basket. Combined these mean "seed basket". Squash seeds were planted along the routes of the travelers and nomads for future use by themselves and other travelers. The squash plant spreads out over a large area forming varied sizes and shapes of squash fruit. Dried squash fruit becomes a hard hollow shell (באסכת basket) with the seeds inside and when shaken they rattle inside.

A) un (נתה NTh) AC: Spread CO: Bed AB: ?: As spread out on the floor.

hf1) eunm (מנתהה MNThH) - Bed: A spread out sheet for sleeping. [df: hjm] KJV (29): bed, bier - Strongs: H4296 (מִטָּה)

adf1 ) eufnm (מנותהה MNWThH) - Spreading: [df: hjm] KJV (1): stretching - Strongs: H4298 (מֻטָּה)

H) eun (נתהה NThH) AC: Spread CO: ? AB: ?: The spreading growth of the squash plant.

V) eun (נתהה NThH) - Spread: To stretch something out. KJV (215): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) stretch, incline, turn, bow, decline, pitch, spread - Strongs: H5186 (נָטָה)

am) eunm (מנתהה MNThH) - Beneath: As under a stretched out sheet. [df: hjm] KJV (19): beneath, downward, underneath, low, under, less, down - Strongs: H4295 (מַטָּה)

J) ufn (נותה NWTh) AC: Shake CO: ? AB: ?: The dried squash fruit rattle.

V) ufn (נותה NWTh) - Shake: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) move - Strongs: H5120 (נוּט)

af1) eufnm (מנותהה MNWThH) - Perverseness: As a shaking. [df: hjm] KJV (1): perverseness - Strongs: H4297 (מֻטֶּה)

AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2024
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 מִטָּה noun feminine couch, bed ( place of reclining; מטותם Sirach 48:6); — absolute מִטָּה Amos 3:12 14t.; construct מִטַּת 2 Kings 4:21; suffix מִטָּתִי Psalm 6:7, מִטָּתֶ֑ךָ Exodus 7:28, מִטָּתוֺ 2 Samuel 4:7 6t.; plural מִטּוֺת absolute 2 Kings 11:2; 2 Chronicles 22:11, construct Amos 6:4; Esther 1:6; — couch, bed, common article of furniture 2 Kings 4:10, compare 2 Kings 4:21; 2 Kings 4:32; 1 Kings 17:19, for repose, especially at night, or in illness Genesis 47:31 (J; ׳ראֹשׁ הַמּ), compare Genesis 48:2 (J), Genesis 49:33 (P), Psalm 6:7; Proverbs 26:14; 2 Chronicles 24:25 (probably), and for sitting, or reclining by day 1 Samuel 28:23; 1 Kings 21:4; ׳מְּאַת מ Amos 3:12; seat of King Solomon Song of Solomon 3:7; in bed-chamber (חֲדַר מִשְׁכָּב) Exodus 7:28 (J), 2 Samuel 4:7; sometimes portable 1 Samuel 19:15 compare 1 Samuel 19:13; 1 Samuel 19:16, hence = bier 2 Samuel 3:31; sometimes high 2 Kings 1:4,6,16 (עָלָה שָׁם opposed to יָרַד מִן); sometimes costly, (with frames) of ivory Amos 6:4; for reclining at feasts, made of gold and silver Esther 1:6; compare כְּבוּדָּה׳מ Ezekiel 23:41 glorious couch; חֲדַרהַמִּטּוֺת 2 Kings 11:2 2 Chronicles 22:11 (see חֶדֶר). — compare also מִשְׁכָּב (שׁכב), עֶרֶשׂ.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מִטָּה f. (from the root נָטָה, like the Gr. κλίνη, from κλίνω).

(1) a bed

(a) for sleeping or sickness, Genesis 47:31, 48:2 49:33 Ex. 7:28.

(b) such as a person lay on at table, Esther 1:6; Ezekiel 23:41.

(c) on which one takes a little rest (sofa), Amos 3:12, 6:4.

(2) a litter, Song of Solomon 3:7.

(3) a bier, a litter on which the dead were carried, 2 Samuel 3:31.


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List of Word Forms
בַמִּטָּ֛ה במטה הַמִּטָּ֑ה הַמִּטָּ֔ה הַמִּטָּ֞ה הַמִּטָּֽה׃ הַמִּטָּה֙ הַמִּטּ֑וֹת המטה המטה׃ המטות מִטַּ֖ת מִטָּ֖ה מִטָּ֣ה מִטָּ֥ה מִטָּת֔וֹ מִטָּת֖וֹ מִטָּתִ֑י מִטָּתֶ֑ךָ מִטָּתֽוֹ׃ מִטָּתוֹ֙ מִטּ֣וֹת מִטּ֣וֹת ׀ מטה מטות מטת מטתו מטתו׃ מטתי מטתך ḇam·miṭ·ṭāh ḇammiṭṭāh ham·miṭ·ṭāh ham·miṭ·ṭō·wṯ hammitTah hammiṭṭāh hammitTot hammiṭṭōwṯ miṭ·ṭā·ṯe·ḵā miṭ·ṭā·ṯî miṭ·ṭā·ṯōw miṭ·ṭāh miṭ·ṭaṯ miṭ·ṭō·wṯ mitTah miṭṭāh mitTat miṭṭaṯ mittaTecha miṭṭāṯeḵā mittaTi miṭṭāṯî mittaTo miṭṭāṯōw mitTot miṭṭōwṯ vammitTah
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