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

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).