Lexical Summary taphach: to extend, spread Original Word: טָפַחTransliteration: taphach Phonetic Spelling: (taw-fakh') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to extend, spread Meaning: to flatten out, extend, to nurse a, child Strong's Concordance span, swaddle A primitive root; to flatten out or extend (as a tent); figuratively, to nurse a child (as promotive of growth); or perhaps a denom. From tephach, from dandling on the palms -- span, swaddle. see HEBREW tephach Brown-Driver-Briggs H2946. taphach [טָפַח] verb extend, spread (Arabic be full to overflowing, abound; Aramaic extend, spread; טְפוּחָא a step, foot-length; Late Hebrew טֶפַח a span (compare טֶפַח below)) — Pi`el Perfect טִמְּחָה Isaiah 48:13; טִמַּחְתִּי Lamentations 2:22; — 1 spread out the heavens Isaiah 48:13 ("" ארץ יָסְדָה). 2 denominative from טֶפַח carry on the palms, dandle Lamentations 2:22 ("" רִבִּיתִי I have brought up, reared). |
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