טָפַחṭâphach
extend, spread
Pronunciation: taw-fakh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2946
Meanings
Pi`el
1. spread out (Isaiah 48:13)
2. carry on the palms, dandle, denominative from טֶפַח (Lamentations 2:22)
Same root
- טֵפַחṭêphach · H2947a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm)
- טֹפַחṭôphach · H2948{a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm)}
- טִפֻּחṭippuch · H2949nursing
- מִטְפַּחַתmiṭpachath · H4304a wide cloak (for a woman)
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Isaiah 48:13 It was my hand that laid the foundations of the earth, my right hand that spread out the heavens above. When I call out the stars, they all appear in order.”
- Lamentations 2:22 “You have invited terrors from all around, as though you were calling them to a day of feasting. In the day of the Lord’s anger, no one has escaped or survived. The enemy has killed all the children whom I carried and raised.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).