King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H572
Transliteration: amtachath
Phonetic Spelling: (am-takh'-ath)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a sack
Meaning: something expansive, a bag
Word Summary
amtachath: a sack
Original Word: אַמְתַּחַתTransliteration: amtachath
Phonetic Spelling: (am-takh'-ath)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a sack
Meaning: something expansive, a bag
Strong's Concordance
sack From mathach; properly, something expansive, i.e. A bag -- sack.
see HEBREW mathach
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H572. amtachath
אַמְתַּ֫חַת noun feminine sack, only Genesis 42-44; — ׳א construction Genesis 44:2, 12; suffix אַמְתַּחְתִּי 42:28, אַמְתַּחְתּוֺ 42:27 2t.; plural construct אַמְתְּחֹת 44:1; suffix אַמְתְּחֹתֵינוּ 43:18 3t.; אַמְתְּחֹתֵיכֶם 43:12, 23; — sack (s) in which brethren of Joseph carried corn from Egypt; in phrase אַמ ׳בְּטִי 42:27 in the mouth of the sack, so 43:12, 21; 44:1-2, 8; elsewhere 42:28; 43:18, 21, 22, 23; 44:1, 11, 11, 12 (all J).