אַמְתַּ֫חַת
am.ta.chat
“sack”
Definition
properly, something expansive, i.e. a bag
from H4969 (מָתַח);
- sack, flexible container (for grain) 2) (TWOT) spread out
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
אַמְתַּ֫חַת appears 12 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.
Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.
But when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.
“It is fine,” said the steward. “Do not be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, gave you the treasure that was in your sacks. I received your silver.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.
Put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.”So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.
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