מֵיתָר
me.tar
“cord”
Definition
a cord (of a tent); or the string (of a bow)
from H3498 (יָתַר); (compare H3499 (יֶתֶר))
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
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Occurrences
מֵיתָר appears 8 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, along with their ropes;
the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases;the curtain for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;
“Enlarge the site of your tent,stretch out the curtains of your dwellings,do not hold back.Lengthen your ropesand drive your stakes in deep.
My tent is destroyed,and all its ropes are snapped.My sons have departed from meand are no more.I have no one left to pitch my tentor set up my curtains.
the curtains of the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and altar, and the cords—all the service for these items.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.