H4969 H4969
spread out, stretch; to extend something over an area
Isaiah uses this verb in his magnificent description of God's creative power: the Lord spreads out the heavens like a tent curtain. The image evokes someone stretching fabric taut to create a dwelling, applying that familiar action to cosmic scale. God treats the vast heavens as easily as a person pitching a tent, spreading the celestial canopy over the earth. The verb emphasizes the extending, stretching motion—taking something and spreading it over a broad area.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — To spread out or stretch something over an area, used in Isaiah 40:22 with the heavens as object and God as subject. The verse describes God spreading the heavens 'as a tent to dwell in,' comparing cosmic creation to the familiar act of stretching tent fabric. The verb captures the motion of extending something, pulling it taut over a space. The multilingual glosses emphasize the spreading/deploying action. The context is God's incomparable greatness—the One who stretches out the heavens with such ease is beyond human comparison. The image makes divine power accessible through domestic analogy: as easily as pitching a tent, God spreads the cosmos. 1×
AR["وَيَمُدُّهَا"]·ben["এবং-টানেন-তাদের"]·DE["[וימתחם]"]·EN["and-spreads-them-out"]·FR["[וימתחם]"]·heb["ו-יימתחם"]·HI["और-फैलाता-है-उन्हें"]·ID["dan-merentangkannya"]·IT["[וימתחם]"]·jav["lan-njembaraken"]·KO["그리고-펼치셨느니라-그것을"]·PT["e-estica-os"]·RU["и-растянул-их"]·ES["y-los-despliega"]·SW["na-kuzitandaza"]·TR["ve-geriyor-onlari"]·urd["اور-پھیلاتا-ہے-اُنہیں"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† [מָתַח] vb. spread out (NH id.; Aramaic ܡܬܰܚ, מְתַח; Arabic مَتَحَ be long, مَتّاح long (prob. loan-word); cf. perhaps Assyrian matâḫu, direct the eyes toward);—only Qal Impf. 3 ms. sf. וַיִּמְתָּחֵם Is 40:22 and he (י׳) hath spread them (the heavens) out as a tent to dwell in.