מִטָּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4296

couch — used 29 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

couch tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִטָּה: n.f. couch, bed tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. couch, bed (place of reclining; מטותם Ecclus 48:6);—abs. מִטָּה Am 3:12 + 14 times; cstr. מִטַּת 2 K 4:21; sf. מִטָּתִי ψ 6:7, מִטָּתֶ֑ךָ Ex 7:28, מִטָּתוֹ 2 S 4:7 + 6 times; pl. מִטּוֹת abs. 2 K 11:2; 2 Ch 22:11, cstr. Am 6:4 Est 1:6;—couch, bed, common article of furniture 2 K 4:10, cf. v 21, 32 1 K 17:19, for repose, especially at night, or in illness Gn 47:31 (J; רֹאשׁ הַמּ׳), cf. 48:2 (J), 49:33 (P), ψ 6:7 Pr 26:14; 2 Ch 24:25 (prob.), and for sitting, or reclining by day 1 S 28:23; 1 K 21:4; פְּאַת מ׳ Am 3:12; seat of King Solomon Ct 3:7; in bed-chamber (חֲדַר מִשְׁכָּב) Ex 7:28 (J), 2 S 4:7; sometimes portable 1 S 19:15 cf. v 13, 16, hence = bier 2 S 3:31; sometimes high 2 K 1:4, 6, 16 (עָלָה שָׁם, opp. יָרַד מִן); sometimes costly, (with frames) of ivory Am 6:4; for reclining at feasts, made of gold and silver Est 1:6; cf. מ׳ כְּבוּדָּה Ez 23:41 glorious couch; חֲדַר הַמִּטּוֹת 2 K 11:2 = 2 Ch 22:11 (v. חֶדֶר).—Cf. also מִשְׁכָּב (שׁכב), עֶרֶשׂ.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: bed (18); the bed (2); the beds (2).

In the verses

Proverbs 26:14 · tree →

הַ֭דֶּלֶת תִּסּ֣וֹב עַל־צִירָ֑הּ וְ֝עָצֵ֗ל עַל־מִטָּתֽוֹ׃

Word for word: the door it.turns on hinge[s] its and a.sluggard on bed his

JPS 1917: The door is turning upon its hinges, and the sluggard is still upon his bed.

Song of Songs 3:7 · tree →

הִנֵּ֗ה מִטָּתוֹ֙ שֶׁלִּשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה שִׁשִּׁ֥ים גִּבֹּרִ֖ים סָבִ֣יב לָ֑הּ מִגִּבֹּרֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Word for word: there! bed his which.[belongs] to Solomon sixty warriors [are].around (to) it some of.the.warriors of.Israel

JPS 1917: Behold, it is the litter of Solomon; threescore mighty men are about it, of the mighty men of Israel.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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