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title: שָׁטַח — spread · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁטַח (7849), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: spread. BDB 1906: vb. spread, spread abroad. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁטַח

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«שָׁטַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spread** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 7849 · **BDB:** שָׁטַח

### Glosses

I.have.spread.out (1); \[he.is\].spreading.out (1); she.spread.out (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7849/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. spread, spread abroad [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7849/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. spread, spread abroad (NH id.; Arabic سَطَحَ spread out; so Ethiopic ሰጥሐ: Aramaic שְׁטַח, ܫܛܰܚ );— Pf. 3 pl. sf. consec. וּשְׁטָחוּם לַשֶּׁמֶשׁ Je 8:2 they shall spread them abroad, etc., acc. of many separate things, so Impf. 3 fs. וַתִּשְׁטַח 2 S 17:19 (עַל loc.; disting. from פָּרַשׂ spread covering); 3 mpl. + Inf. abs. וַיִּשְׁטְחוּ לָהֶם שָׁטוֹחַ Nu 11:32 (J) they spread (sc. the quails) for themselves all abroad round about the camp (i.e. to dry them; 𝔙 siccaverunt; cf. Di Gray); Pt. שֹׁטֵחַ לַגּוֹיִם Jb 12:23 expanding the nations (cf. ל 3 b). Pf. 1 s. שִׁטַּחְתִּי אֵלֶיךָ כַפָּ֑י ψ 88:10 I have spread out unto thee my palms.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «שָׁטַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7849/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 12:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.23/)

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מַשְׂגִּ֣יא לַ֭גּוֹיִם וַֽיְאַבְּדֵ֑ם שֹׁטֵ֥חַ לַ֝גּוֹיִ֗ם וַיַּנְחֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[he.is\].making.great (to) the nations and he destroyed.them \[he.is\].spreading.out (to) the nations and he led.them

*JPS 1917:* He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth the nations, and leadeth them away.

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[Psalms 88:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.10/)

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עֵינִ֥י דָאֲבָ֗ה מִנִּ֫י עֹ֥נִי קְרָאתִ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה בְּכָל־י֑וֹם שִׁטַּ֖חְתִּי אֵלֶ֣יךָ כַפָּֽי׃

*Word for word:* eye my it.has.become.faint from affliction I have.called.out.to.you O.Yahweh on every day I.have.spread.out to you palms my

*JPS 1917:* Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction; I have called upon Thee, O LORD, every day, I have spread forth my hands unto Thee.

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