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# שָׁטַח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7849

**spread** — used 6 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

spread [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7849/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׁטַח: vb. spread, spread abroad [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7849/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. spread, spread abroad (NH id.; Arabic سَطَحَ spread out; so Ethiopic ሰጥሐ: Aramaic שְׁטַח, ܫܛܰܚ );— Pf. 3 pl. sf. consec. וּשְׁטָחוּם לַשֶּׁמֶשׁ Je 8:2 they shall spread them abroad, etc., acc. of many separate things, so Impf. 3 fs. וַתִּשְׁטַח 2 S 17:19 (עַל loc.; disting. from פָּרַשׂ spread covering); 3 mpl. + Inf. abs. וַיִּשְׁטְחוּ לָהֶם שָׁטוֹחַ Nu 11:32 (J) they spread (sc. the quails) for themselves all abroad round about the camp (i.e. to dry them; 𝔙 siccaverunt; cf. Di Gray); Pt. שֹׁטֵחַ לַגּוֹיִם Jb 12:23 expanding the nations (cf. ל 3 b). Pf. 1 s. שִׁטַּחְתִּי אֵלֶיךָ כַפָּ֑י ψ 88:10 I have spread out unto thee my palms.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: I have spread out (1); \[he is\] spreading out (1); she spread out (1).

## In the verses

[Job 12:23](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.23/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.23/#tree)

מַשְׂגִּ֣יא לַ֭גּוֹיִם וַֽיְאַבְּדֵ֑ם שֹׁטֵ֥חַ לַ֝גּוֹיִ֗ם וַיַּנְחֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[he.is\].making.great (to) the nations and he destroyed.them \[he.is\].spreading.out (to) the nations and he led.them

*JPS 1917:* He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth the nations, and leadeth them away.

[Psalms 88:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.10/#tree)

עֵינִ֥י דָאֲבָ֗ה מִנִּ֫י עֹ֥נִי קְרָאתִ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה בְּכָל־י֑וֹם שִׁטַּ֖חְתִּי אֵלֶ֣יךָ כַפָּֽי׃

*Word for word:* eye my it.has.become.faint from affliction I have.called.out.to.you O.Yahweh on every day I.have.spread.out to you palms my

*JPS 1917:* Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction; I have called upon Thee, O LORD, every day, I have spread forth my hands unto Thee.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7849.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7849/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

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).