{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4296",
  "lemma": "מִטָּה",
  "transliteration": "miṭṭâh",
  "definition": "a bed (as extended) forsleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier",
  "kjv": "bed(-chamber), bier.",
  "occurrences": 29,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H5186",
      "lemma": "נָטָה",
      "transliteration": "nâṭâh",
      "meaning": "to stretch or spread out",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H5186"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מִטָּה n.f. couch, bed (place of reclining)"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 47:31",
      "text": "Israel said, “Swear to me,” and he swore to him. Then Israel bowed himself on the bed’s head.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/47?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 48:2",
      "text": "Someone told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,” and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/48?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 49:33",
      "text": "When Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last breath, and was gathered…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=33"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 7:28",
      "text": "The river will swarm with frogs, which will go up and come into your house, and into your bedroom, and on your bed, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/7?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 19:13",
      "text": "Michal took the teraphim and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair at its head and covered it with…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/19?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 19:15",
      "text": "Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/19?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 19:16",
      "text": "When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/19?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 28:23",
      "text": "But he refused, and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/28?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 3:31",
      "text": "David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, and clothe yourselves with sackcloth…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/3?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 4:7",
      "text": "Now when they came into the house as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, killed him, beheaded him, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/4?v=7"
    }
  ],
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