מיטה

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Hebrew[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Root
נ־ט־ה (n-ṭ-h)

Of Central Semitic origin, from the same root as מַטָּה (máta, “below”).[1]

Noun[edit]

מיטה / מִטָּה • (mitá) f (plural indefinite מיטות / מִטּוֹת, singular construct מיטת / מִטַּת־)

  1. a bed
    • Tanach, 2 Kings 4:10, with translation of the King James Version:
      וְנָשִׂים לוֹ שָׁם מִטָּה וְשֻׁלְחָן וְכִסֵּא וּמְנוֹרָה
      v'nasím ló shám mitá v'shulchán v'chisé umnorá
      and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “mat”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading[edit]

Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew מיטה / מִטָּה (“bed”).

Noun[edit]

מיטה • (mite) f, plural מיטות (mites)

  1. bed, especially one upon which a corpse is placed

See also[edit]

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