Hebrew noun (feminine) · H572
אַמְתַּחַת
amtachatham-takh'-ath
sack
15 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼamtachath
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H572is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H572
properly, something expansive, i.e. a bag
The King James renders it: sack.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
amtachath is rendered "sack". It stands 15 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Fifteen of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 42:27At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.
Genesis 42:27אַמְתַּחְתּֽוֹ׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fifteen of the word's fifteen uses are in Genesis.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- sack his5
- in sacks our2
- sacks our2
- in sack my1
- in sack of1
- in sacks your1
- sack of1
- sacks of1
- sacks your1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אַמְצָה | amtsah | strength | Uses1 |
All 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אַמְתַּחְתּֽוֹ׃3
- אַמְתְּחֹתֵ֔ינוּ2
- אַמְתְּחֹ֤ת1
- אַמְתַּ֣חַת1
- אַמְתַּחְתּ֔וֹ1
- אַמְתַּחְתּ֖וֹ1
- אַמְתְּחֹֽתֵיכֶם֙1
- בְּאַמְתַּ֖חַת1
- בְאַמְתַּחְתִּ֑י1
- בְּאַמְתְּחֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם1
- בְּאַמְתְּחֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙1
- בְּאַמְתְּחֹתֵֽינוּ׃1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular5HNcfsc/Sp3ms
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural2HNcfpc/Sp1bp
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural2HR/Ncfpc/Sp1bp
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfpc
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1HNcfpc/Sp2mp
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1HR/Ncfpc/Sp2mp
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncfsc
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HR/Ncfsc/Sp1bs
Genesis
fifteen uses
At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.
- אַמְתַּחְתּֽוֹ׃ʾamtachtonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: sack his
“My silver has been returned!” he said to his brothers. “It is here in my sack.” Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”
- בְאַמְתַּחְתִּ֑יveamtachtipreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in sack my
Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.
- אַמְתְּחֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ʾamtechoteikhemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: sacks your
But the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”
- בְּאַמְתְּחֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙beamtechoteinupreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: in sacks our
But when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.
- אַמְתְּחֹתֵ֔ינוּʾamtechoteinunoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: sacks our
- אַמְתַּחְתּ֔וֹʾamtachtonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: sack his
We have brought additional silver with us to buy food. We do not know who put our silver in our sacks.”
- בְּאַמְתְּחֹתֵֽינוּ׃beamtechoteinupreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: in sacks our
“It is fine,” said the steward. “Do not be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, gave you the treasure that was in your sacks. I received your silver.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.
- בְּאַמְתְּחֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םbeamtechoteikhempreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: in sacks your
Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
- אַמְתְּחֹ֤תʾamtechotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: sacks of
- אַמְתַּחְתּֽוֹ׃ʾamtachtonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: sack his
Put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.
- אַמְתַּ֣חַתʾamtachatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: sack of
We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
- אַמְתְּחֹתֵ֔ינוּʾamtechoteinunoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: sacks our
So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.
- אַמְתַּחְתּ֖וֹʾamtachtonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: sack his
- אַמְתַּחְתּֽוֹ׃ʾamtachtonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: sack his
The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
- בְּאַמְתַּ֖חַתbeamtachatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in sack of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.