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title: טָפַח — extend · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טָפַח (2946), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: extend. BDB 1906: vb. extend, spread. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טָפַח

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«טָפַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **extend** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2946 · **BDB:** טָפַח

### Glosses

it.spread.out (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

extend [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2946/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. extend, spread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2946/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. extend, spread (Arabic طَفَحَ be full to overflowing, abound; Aramaic ܛܦܰܚ extend, spread; טְפוּחָא a step, foot-length; NH טֶפַח a span (cf. טֶפַח Infr.))— Pf. טִפְּחָה Is 48:13; טִפַּחְתִּי La 2:22;— spread out the heavens Is 48:13 (‖ יָֽסְדָה ארץ). denom. from טֶפַח carry on the palms, dandle La 2:22 (‖ רִבִּיתִי I have brought up, reared).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טָפַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2946/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 48:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.48.13/)

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אַף־יָדִי֙ יָ֣סְדָה אֶ֔רֶץ וִֽימִינִ֖י טִפְּחָ֣ה שָׁמָ֑יִם קֹרֵ֥א אֲנִ֛י אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם יַעַמְד֥וּ יַחְדָּֽו׃

*Word for word:* also hand my it.founded \[the\].earth and my.right hand it.spread.out \[the\].heavens \[am\].calling I to them they.stand together

*JPS 1917:* Yea, My hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand hath spread out the heavens; when I call unto them, they stand up together.

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