Lexical Definition

‎אַמְתַּחַת‎ ʼamtachath (am-takh'-ath) sack ^H:N-F
from ‎מָתַח‎

sack.

• properly, something expansive, i.e. a bag

1) sack, flexible container (for grain)
2) (TWOT) spread out

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אַמְתַּ֫חַת‎ noun feminine sack, only Gen 42-44; — ‎׳‎‎א‎ construction Gen 44:2; Gen 44:12 suffix ‎אַמְתַּחְתִּי‎ Gen 42:28, ‎אַמְתַּחְתּוֺ‎ Gen 42:27 + 2 t.; plural construct ‎אַמְתְּחֹת‎ Gen 44:1 suffix ‎אַמְתְּחֹתֵינוּ‎ Gen 43:18 + 3 t.; ‎אַמְתְּחֹתֵיכֶם‎ Gen 43:12; Gen 43:23 — sack (s) in which brethren of Joseph carried corn from Egypt; in phrase ‎׳‎‎בְּטִי אַמ‎ Gen 42:27 in the mouth of the sack, so Gen 43:12; Gen 43:21; Gen 44:1; Gen 44:2; Gen 44:8 elsewhere Gen 42:28; Gen 43:18; Gen 43:21; Gen 43:22; Gen 43:23; Gen 44:1; Gen 44:11; Gen 44:11; Gen 44:12 (all J).

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