Word Study · Strong's H4304 · Hebrew

מִטְפַּחַת

mitpachath

mit-pakh'-ath

Strong's 1890 spelling: miṭpachath

“a wide cloak (for a woman)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a wide cloak (for a woman)

Rendered in the KJV as

vail, wimple.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

הַמִּטְפַּ֧חַת1
וְהַמִּטְפָּח֖וֹת1

How it is rendered · 2

and the cloaks1
the shawl1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1
the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HC/Td/Ncfpa · 1
HTd/Ncfsa · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Ruth1 of 2 · 50%
Isaiah1 of 2 · 50%

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Ruth1 occurrence

Ruth 3:15הַמִּטְפַּ֧חַתhamitpachatthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl. Then he went into the city.here: the shawl

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 3:22וְהַמִּטְפָּח֖וֹתvehamitpachotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltheir festive robes, capes, cloaks, and purses;here: and the cloaks

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