BDB5157

מִטָּה noun feminine couch, bed (place of reclining; מטותם Eccl 48:6); — absolute מִטָּה Amos 3:12 + 14 t.; construct מִטַּת 2Kgs 4:21 suffix מִטָּתִי Ps 6:7, מִטָּתֶ֑ךָ Exod 7:28, מִטָּתוֺ 2Sam 4:7 + 6 t.; plural מִטּוֺת absolute 2Kgs 11:2; 2Chr 22:11, construct Amos 6:4; Esth 1:6 — couch, bed, common article of furniture 2Kgs 4:10, compare 2Kgs 4:21 2Kgs 4:32 ; 1Kgs 17:19, for repose, especially at night, or in illness Gen 47:31 ( J ; ׳ ראֹשׁ הַמּ), compare Gen 48:2 ( J ), Gen 49:33 ( P ), Ps 6:7; Prov 26:14; 2Chr 24:25 (probably), and for sitting, or reclining by day 1Sam 28:23; 1Kgs 21:4 ׳ פְּאַת מ Amos 3:12 seat of King Solomon Song 3:7 in bed-chamber (חֲדַר מִשְׁכָּב) Exod 7:28 ( J ), 2Sam 4:7 sometimes portable 1Sam 19:15 compare 1Sam 19:13 1Sam 19:16, hence = bier 2Sam 3:31 sometimes high 2Kgs 1:4 ; 2Kgs 1:6; 2Kgs 1:16 ( עָלָה שָׁם opposed to יָרַד מִן); sometimes costly, (with frames) of ivory Amos 6:4 for reclining at feasts, made of gold and silver Esth 1:6 compare כְּבוּדָּה ׳ מ Ezek 23:41 glorious couch; חֲדַר הַמִּטּוֺת 2Kgs 11:2 = 2Chr 22:11 (see חֶדֶר ). — compare also מִשְׁכָּב (שׁכב), עֶרֶשׂ.