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title: מִטָּה — couch · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִטָּה (4296), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 29 times: couch. BDB 1906: n.f. couch, bed. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִטָּה

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«מִטָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **couch** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 29 times · **Key:** 4296 · **BDB:** מִטָּה

### Glosses

bed (18); the.bed (2); the.beds (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

couch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4296/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. couch, bed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4296/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. couch, bed (place of reclining; מטותם Ecclus 48:6);—abs. מִטָּה Am 3:12 + 14 times; cstr. מִטַּת 2 K 4:21; sf. מִטָּתִי ψ 6:7, מִטָּתֶ֑ךָ Ex 7:28, מִטָּתוֹ 2 S 4:7 + 6 times; pl. מִטּוֹת abs. 2 K 11:2; 2 Ch 22:11, cstr. Am 6:4 Est 1:6;—couch, bed, common article of furniture 2 K 4:10, cf. v 21, 32 1 K 17:19, for repose, especially at night, or in illness Gn 47:31 (J; רֹאשׁ הַמּ׳), cf. 48:2 (J), 49:33 (P), ψ 6:7 Pr 26:14; 2 Ch 24:25 (prob.), and for sitting, or reclining by day 1 S 28:23; 1 K 21:4; פְּאַת מ׳ Am 3:12; seat of King Solomon Ct 3:7; in bed-chamber (חֲדַר מִשְׁכָּב) Ex 7:28 (J), 2 S 4:7; sometimes portable 1 S 19:15 cf. v 13, 16, hence = bier 2 S 3:31; sometimes high 2 K 1:4, 6, 16 (עָלָה שָׁם, opp. יָרַד מִן); sometimes costly, (with frames) of ivory Am 6:4; for reclining at feasts, made of gold and silver Est 1:6; cf. מ׳ כְּבוּדָּה Ez 23:41 glorious couch; חֲדַר הַמִּטּוֹת 2 K 11:2 = 2 Ch 22:11 (v. חֶדֶר).—Cf. also מִשְׁכָּב (שׁכב), עֶרֶשׂ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִטָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4296/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 26:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.14/)

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הַ֭דֶּלֶת תִּסּ֣וֹב עַל־צִירָ֑הּ וְ֝עָצֵ֗ל עַל־מִטָּתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* the door it.turns on hinge\[s\] its and a.sluggard on bed his

*JPS 1917:* The door is turning upon its hinges, and the sluggard is still upon his bed.

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[Song of Songs 3:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.3.7/)

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הִנֵּ֗ה מִטָּתוֹ֙ שֶׁלִּשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה שִׁשִּׁ֥ים גִּבֹּרִ֖ים סָבִ֣יב לָ֑הּ מִגִּבֹּרֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* there! bed his which.\[belongs\] to Solomon sixty warriors \[are\].around (to) it some of.the.warriors of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* Behold, it is the litter of Solomon; threescore mighty men are about it, of the mighty men of Israel.

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