מִשְׁטוֹחַmishṭôwach

מִשְׁטָח: spreading-place (Ezekiel 26:5; Ezekiel 26:14)

Pronunciation: mish-to'-akh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4894

Meanings

מִשְׁטוֺחַ: id. (Ezekiel 47:10)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Ezekiel 26:5 It will be just a rock in the sea, a place for fishermen to spread their nets, for I have spoken, says the Sovereign Lord. Tyre will become the prey of many nations,
  • Ezekiel 26:14 I will make your island a bare rock, a place for fishermen to spread their nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the Lord, have spoken. Yes, the Sovereign Lord has spoken!
  • Ezekiel 47:10 Fishermen will stand along the shores of the Dead Sea. All the way from En-gedi to En-eglaim, the shores will be covered with nets drying in the sun. Fish of every kind will fill the Dead Sea, just as they fill the Mediterranean.

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).