מִשְׁטוֹחַ

mishtoach · drying place

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4894 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

mishtoach (מִשְׁטוֹחַ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “drying place”.

A place for spreading out, where nets are laid out to dry.

How to say it

mish·to·ach

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Where fishermen lay out their nets to dry.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • spreading place ×2
  • place for spreading ×1

Where it appears

  • Ezekiel 26:5

    A spreading place for nets she will be in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken, declares Adonai YHWH; and she will become plunder for the nations.

  • Ezekiel 26:14

    And I will make you a bare rock; a spreading place for nets you will be; you will not be built again, for I, YHWH, have spoken, declares Adonai YHWH.

  • Ezekiel 47:10

    And it will be that fishermen will stand beside it from En-gedi to En-eglaim; there will be a place for spreading nets; according to its kinds will be their fish, like the fish of the great sea, very many.