אַמְתַּחַת amtachat

Hebrew word for “sack” · Strong’s H572 · used 15 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

1) sack, flexible container (for grain); 2) (TWOT) spread out

How it is translated

Glosses given for amtachat in context, with how often each is used:

• sack 8
• sacks 7

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 43 (5), Genesis 44 (5), Genesis 42 (2)

Forms

• אמתחתו 5
• באמתחתינו 2
• אמתחתינו 2
• אמתחת 2
• באמתחתי 1
• אמתחתיכם 1
• באמתחתיכם 1
• באמתחת 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with amtachat more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 10
• פֶּה peh “lip” 6
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 5
• מָלוֹן malon “lodging” 2
• פָּתַח patach “to open” 3
• גָּבִיעַ gevia “cup” 2
• אֹכֶל okhel “food” 2
• שׂוּם sum “to set” 3
• חֲמוֹר chamor “donkey” 2
• קָטָן qatan “small” 2
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 3
• יוֹסֵף yoseph “Joseph” 2

Key verses

The verses using amtachat that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 42:27 — And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack’s mouth.
• Genesis 42:28 — And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another,…
• Genesis 43:12 — And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an…
• Genesis 43:18 — And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time…
• Genesis 43:21 — And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight:…
• Genesis 43:22 — And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
• Genesis 43:23 — And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon…
• Genesis 44:1 — And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth.
• Genesis 44:2 — And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
• Genesis 44:8 — Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house…
• Genesis 44:11 — Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
• Genesis 44:12 — And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.