מָתַח mâthach — to stretch out

pronounced maw-thakh' · Strong's H4969 · 1 occurrence in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as spread out.

a primitive root; to stretch out.

mâthach in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 1×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Wayyiqtol 1

וַיִּמְתָּחֵ֥ם Isa 40:22 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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