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title: מֻטָּה — spreading · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֻטָּה (4298), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: spreading. BDB 1906: n.f. spreading, outspreading. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֻטָּה

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«מֻטָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spreading** — 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:** 4298 · **BDB:** מֻטָּה

### Glosses

the.spreading(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spreading [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4298/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. spreading, outspreading [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4298/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. spreading, outspreading;—only pl. cstr. מֻטּוֹת כְּנָפָיו Is 8:8 the outspreading of his wings (cf. Ges§ 145 o Köii. 1, 192, 399), fig. of invading Assyrian army.

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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 (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 «מֻטָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4298/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 8:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.8.8/)

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וְחָלַ֤ף בִּֽיהוּדָה֙ שָׁטַ֣ף וְעָבַ֔ר עַד־צַוָּ֖אר יַגִּ֑יעַ וְהָיָה֙ מֻטּ֣וֹת כְּנָפָ֔יו מְלֹ֥א רֹֽחַב־אַרְצְךָ֖ עִמָּ֥נוּ אֵֽל עִמָּ֥נוּ אֵֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* and it.will.pass.on in Judah it.will.overflow and it.will.pass.over to \[the\].neck it.will.reach and it.will.be the.spreading(s) its.wings his the.fullness of.the.breadth your.land your O Immanuel

*JPS 1917:* And he shall sweep through Judah overflowing as he passeth through he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

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