מִטָּהmiṭṭâh

couch, bed (Ecclesiastes 48:6; Amos 3:12; 2 Kings 4:21; Psalms 6:7; Exodus 7:28)

Pronunciation: mit-taw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4296

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 29 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 47:31 “Swear that you will do it,” Jacob insisted. So Joseph gave his oath, and Jacob bowed humbly at the head of his bed.
  • Genesis 48:2 When Joseph arrived, Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to see you.” So Jacob gathered his strength and sat up in his bed.
  • Genesis 49:33 When Jacob had finished this charge to his sons, he drew his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and joined his ancestors in death.
  • Exodus 8:3 The Nile River will swarm with frogs. They will come up out of the river and into your palace, even into your bedroom and onto your bed! They will enter the houses of your officials and your people. They will even jump into your ovens and your kneading bowls.
  • 1 Samuel 19:13 Then she took an idol and put it in his bed, covered it with blankets, and put a cushion of goat’s hair at its head.
  • 1 Samuel 19:15 But Saul sent the troops back to get David. He ordered, “Bring him to me in his bed so I can kill him!”
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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).