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title: מִשְׁטָח — spreading-place · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִשְׁטָח (4894), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: spreading-place. BDB 1906: spreading-place. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִשְׁטָח

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«מִשְׁטָח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spreading-place** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4894 · **BDB:** מִשְׁטָח

### Glosses

a.spreading.place (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spreading-place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4894/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

spreading-place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4894/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] spreading-place (NH for drying figs, etc., (ARSKennedyEncy. Bib. fruit, 1568));—cstr. מִשְׁטַח חֲרָמִים Ez 26:5, 14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִשְׁטָח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4894/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 26:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.26.14/)

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וּנְתַתִּ֞יךְ לִצְחִ֣יחַ סֶ֗לַע מִשְׁטַ֤ח חֲרָמִים֙ תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה לֹ֥א תִבָּנֶ֖ה ע֑וֹד כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ דִּבַּ֔רְתִּי נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and I will.make.you into bareness of.rock a.spreading.place of.nets you.will.be not you.will.be.built again (dm) I Yahweh I.have.spoken the.utterance Lord of.\[the\] Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And I will make thee a bare rock; thou shalt be a place for the spreading of nets, thou shalt be built no more; for I the LORD have spoken, saith the Lord GOD.

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[Ezekiel 26:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.26.5/)

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מִשְׁטַ֨ח חֲרָמִ֤ים תִּֽהְיֶה֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַיָּ֔ם כִּ֚י אֲנִ֣י דִבַּ֔רְתִּי נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה וְהָיְתָ֥ה לְבַ֖ז לַגּוֹיִֽם׃

*Word for word:* a.spreading.place of.nets it.will.be in the.middle of the.sea (dm) I I.have.spoken the.utterance Lord of.\[the\] Yahweh and it.will.become (into) spoil for the nations

*JPS 1917:* She shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD; and she shall become a spoil to the nations.

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