Lexical Definition

‎מִטָּה‎ miṭṭâh (mit-taw') bed ^H:N-F
from ‎נָטָה‎

bed(-chamber), bier.

• a bed (as extended) forsleeping or eating
• by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier

1) couch, bed, bier

See Greek: κλίνη

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִטָּה‎ noun feminine couch, bed (place of reclining; ‎מטותם‎ Eccl 48:6); — absolute ‎מִטָּה‎ Amos 3:12 + 14 t.; construct ‎מִטַּת‎ 2Kgs 4:21 suffix ‎מִטָּתִי‎ Ps 6:7*, ‎מִטָּתֶ֑ךָ‎ Exod 7:28*, ‎מִטָּתוֺ‎ 2Sam 4:7 + 6 t.; plural ‎מִטּוֺת‎ absolute 2Kgs 11:2; 2Chr 22:11, construct Amos 6:4; Esth 1:6 — couch, bed, common article of furniture 2Kgs 4:10, compare v2Kgs 4:21 v2Kgs 4:32; 1Kgs 17:19, for repose, especially at night, or in illness Gen 47:31 (J; ‎׳‎‎ראֹשׁ הַמּ‎), compare Gen 48:2 (J), Gen 49:33 (P), Ps 6:7*; Prov 26:14; 2Chr 24:25 (probably), and for sitting, or reclining by day 1Sam 28:23; 1Kgs 21:4 ‎׳‎‎פְּאַת מ‎ Amos 3:12 seat of King Solomon Song 3:7 in bed-chamber (‎חֲדַר מִשְׁכָּב‎) Exod 7:28* (J), 2Sam 4:7 sometimes portable 1Sam 19:15 compare v1Sam 19:13 v1Sam 19:16, hence = bier 2Sam 3:31 sometimes high 2Kgs 1:4; 2Kgs 1:6; 2Kgs 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 Esth 1:6 compare ‎כְּבוּדָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ezek 23:41 glorious couch; ‎חֲדַר‎ ‎הַמִּטּוֺת‎ 2Kgs 11:2 = 2Chr 22:11 (see ‎חֶדֶר‎). — compare also ‎מִשְׁכָּב‎ (‎שׁכב‎), ‎עֶרֶשׂ‎.

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