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Strong's #7849 - שָׁטַח
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
1) to spread, spread abroad, stretch out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to spread
1a2) spreading, expanding (participle)
1b) (Piel) to spread out
- Book
- Word
2831) hus (סהתההה ShThHh) AC: Spread CO: ? AB: ?: [from: hu]
V) hus (סהתההה ShThHh) - Spread: KJV (6): (vf: Paal, Piel, Participle) spread, enlarge, stretch, abroad - Strongs: H7849 (שָׁטַח)
hcm) hfusm (מסהתהוהה MShThWHh) - Spreading: [df: xjsm] KJV (3): spread, spreading - Strongs: H4894 (מִשְׁטָח)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
spread out; so Ethiopic 
Aramaic שְּׁטַח 
); — Qal Perfect 3 plural suffix consecutive לַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וּטָחוּם Jeremiah 8:2 they shall spread them abroad, etc., accusative of many separate things, so Imperfect 3 feminine singular וַקתִּשְׁטַךְ 2 Samuel 17:19 (עַל location; distinguished from מָּרַשׂ spread covering); 3 masculine plural + infinitive absolute וַיִּשְׁטְחוּ לָהֶם שָׁטוֺחַ Numbers 11:32 (J) they spread (that Isaiah , the quails) for themselves all abroad round about the camp (i.e. to dry them; ᵑ9 siccaverunt; compare Di Gray); Participle שֹׁטֵחַ לַנּוֺיִם Job 12:23 expanding the nations (compare ל 3 b).
Pi`el Perfect 1 singular שִׁטַּחְתִּי אֵלֶיךָ כַמָּ֑י Psalm 88:10 I have spread out unto thee my palms.
שָׁטַח to spread out, to expand (Syr. ܫܛܰܚ, Arab. سَطَحَ, Ethiop. ሰጥሐ፡ id.). Job 12:23, לַגּוֹיִם שֹׁטֵחַ “he spreads out the peoples,” i.e. gives them ample territories; especially, to spread out something on the ground, e.g. bones, Jeremiah 8:2 quails, Numbers 11:32 polenta, 2 Samuel 17:19.
Piel, to spread out (one’s arms), Psalms 88:10.
Derivatives, מִשְׁטָח, מִשְׁטוֹחַ.
