מיטה
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Root |
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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־)
- 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]
- כלי מיטה / כְּלֵי מִטָּה (k'lei mitá)
- מיטה שדה / מִטַּת שָׂדֶה (mitát sadé)
References[edit]
- ^ “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)
See also[edit]
- בעט (bet)
Categories:
- Hebrew terms belonging to the root נ־ט־ה
- Hebrew terms derived from Central Semitic languages
- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew nouns
- Hebrew feminine nouns
- Hebrew terms with quotations
- he:Furniture
- Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew
- Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew
- Yiddish terms derived from the Hebrew root נ־ט־ה
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish nouns
- Yiddish feminine nouns
- yi:Furniture
- yi:Funeral