Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H4969 |
|---|---|
| Word: | מָתַח |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a primitive root |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | mathach |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | maw-thakh' |
| Meaning: | 1. to stretch out |
| KJV Renderings: | spread out. |
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[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
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
