מִטָּה

מִטָּה noun feminine couch, bed (place of reclining; מטותם Praed 48,6); — absolute מִטָּה Amos 3,12 + 14 t.; construct מִטַּת 2 Kong 4,21 suffix מִטָּתִי Sl 6,7, מִטָּתֶ֑ךָ 2 Mos 7,28, מִטָּתוֺ 2 Sam 4,7 + 6 t.; plural מִטּוֺת absolute 2 Kong 11,2; 2 Kron 22,11, construct Amos 6,4; Est 1,6 — couch, bed, common article of furniture 2 Kong 4,10, compare v2 Kong 4,21 v2 Kong 4,32; 1 Kong 17,19, for repose, especially at night, or in illness 1 Mos 47,31 (J; ׳ראֹשׁ הַמּ), compare 1 Mos 48,2 (J), 1 Mos 49,33 (P), Sl 6,7; Ord 26,14; 2 Kron 24,25 (probably), and for sitting, or reclining by day 1 Sam 28,23; 1 Kong 21,4 ׳פְּאַת מ Amos 3,12 seat of King Solomon Hoj 3,7 in bed-chamber (חֲדַר מִשְׁכָּב) 2 Mos 7,28 (J), 2 Sam 4,7 sometimes portable 1 Sam 19,15 compare v1 Sam 19,13 v1 Sam 19,16, hence = bier 2 Sam 3,31 sometimes high 2 Kong 1,4; 2 Kong 1,6; 2 Kong 1,16 (עָלָה שָׁם opposed to יָרַד מִן); sometimes costly, (with frames) of ivory Amos 6,4 for reclining at feasts, made of gold and silver Est 1,6 compare כְּבוּדָּה ׳מ Ezk 23,41 glorious couch; חֲדַר הַמִּטּוֺת 2 Kong 11,2 = 2 Kron 22,11 (see חֶדֶר). — compare also מִשְׁכָּב (שׁכב), עֶרֶשׂ.