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title: אַמְתַּחַת — sack · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַמְתַּחַת (572), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: sack. BDB 1906: n.f. sack. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַמְתַּחַת

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«אַמְתַּחַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sack** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 572 · **BDB:** אַמְתַּ֫חַת²

### Glosses

sacks (4); his.sack (3); sack (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sack [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/572/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. sack [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/572/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. sack, only Gn 42–44 (E); א׳ constr. Gn 44:2, 12; sf. אַמְתַּחְתִּי 42:28, אַמְתַּחְתּוֹ 42:27 + 2 times; pl. cstr. אַמְתְּחֹת 44:1; sf. אַמְתְּחֹתֵינוּ 43:18 + 3 times; אַמְתְּחֹתֵיכֶם 43:12, 23;—sack(s) in wh. brethren of Joseph carried corn from Egypt; in phr. בְּפִי אַמ׳ Gn 42:27 in the mouth of the sack, so 43:12, 21; 44:1, 2, 8; elsewhere 42:28; 43:18, 21, 22, 23; 44:1, 11(×2), 12 (all J).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַמְתַּחַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/572/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 44:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.44.11/)

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וַֽיְמַהֲר֗וּ וַיּוֹרִ֛דוּ אִ֥ישׁ אֶת־אַמְתַּחְתּ֖וֹ אָ֑רְצָה וַֽיִּפְתְּח֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ אַמְתַּחְתּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and they.hurried and they.brought.down each.man (et) sack his the.ground to and they.opened each.man sack his

*JPS 1917:* Then they hastened, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.

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[Genesis 44:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.44.12/)

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וַיְחַפֵּ֕שׂ בַּגָּד֣וֹל הֵחֵ֔ל וּבַקָּטֹ֖ן כִּלָּ֑ה וַיִּמָּצֵא֙ הַגָּבִ֔יעַ בְּאַמְתַּ֖חַת בִּנְיָמִֽן׃

*Word for word:* and he.searched with the.old \[brother\] he.began and with the.young \[brother\] he.finished and it.was.found the cup in the.sack of.Benjamin

*JPS 1917:* And he searched, beginning at the eldest, and leaving off at the youngest; and the goblet was found in Benjamin's sack.

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