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Strong's #4969 - מָתַח
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- (Qal) to spread out
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2362) htm (מתהה MTHh) AC: Spread CO: ? AB: ?: A stretching or spreading out of something. [from: ht- spreading]
V) htm (מתהה MTHh) - Spread: To spread something out such as a tent. KJV (1): (vf: Paal) spread - Strongs: H4969 (מָתַח)
nf2) thtma (אמתההת AMTHhT) - Sack: The mouth is spread apart to put something in or take something out. KJV (15): sack - Strongs: H572 (אַמְתַּחַת)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
, מְתַח; Arabic 
be long, 
long (probably load-word); compare perhaps Assyrian matâ—u, direct the eyes toward); — only Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix וַיִּמְתָּחֵם Isaiah 40:22 and he (׳י) hath spread them (the heavens) out as a tent to dwell in.
מָתַח to spread out, Isaiah 40:22. (Syr. and Ch. id. Eth. ምጥሖ፡ for መውጥሖ፡ to put on, to veil, whence the derivatives signifying cloak. Kindred roots are לָתַח, Sam. נְתַח to spread out, and מָתָה and נָטָה.)
Derivative, אַמְתּחַת a sack.
