מיטה

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
נ־ט־ה‎ (n-ṭ-h)

Of Central Semitic origin, from the same root as מַטָּה‎ (máta, “below”).[1]

Noun

מיטה /מִטָּה • (mitá) f (plural indefinite מיטות / מִטּוֹת‎, singular construct מיטת / מִטַּת־‎)

  1. a bed
    • 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

References
  1. “mat”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew מיטה / מִטָּה‎ (“bed”).

Noun

מיטה • (mite) f, plural מיטות‎ (mites)

  1. bed, especially one upon which a corpse is placed

See also
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