מֶּ֫תַח₁₆₄ noun masculine^{Ezekiel 8:8} (feminine 2 Samuel 17:9 but We reads אַחַד for אַחַת, and so Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 86}) opening, doorway, entrance; — absolute ׳פ Genesis 4:7 +, מָּ֑תַח Genesis 19:11 +, הַמֶּ֫תְחָה Genesis 19:6; construct מֶּתַח Genesis 18:1 +; suffix מִּתְחוֺ Proverbs 17:19, מִּתְחָהּ Ezekiel 40:38; plural מְּתָחִים 1 Kings 7:5; Proverbs 8:3; construct מִּתְחֵי Psalm 24:7 +; suffix מְּתָחָ֑י, Proverbs 8:34, etc.; — door-way of nomad's tent, הָאֹהֶל ׳פ Genesis 18:1,2,10(J), Exodus 33:8,10 (E), Numbers 11:10; Numbers 16:27(JE), Judges 4:20,compare(without הָאֹהֶל) Genesis 4:7 (in figurative), Job 31:9,34; of sacred tent, הָאֹהָל ׳פ Exodus 33:9,10; Numbers 12:5(E), Numbers 26:36; Numbers 36:37; Num 39:38 (P), Deuteronomy 31:15, usually (P) אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד ׳פ Exodus 29:4 6t. Exodus + Exodus 40:6,29 (׳מִשְׁכַּן אֹהֶל מ ׳פ), Leviticus 1:3 22t. Leviticus; Numbers 3:25 11t. Numbers; Joshua 19:51; 1 Samuel 2:22, compare 1 Chronicles 9:21; ׳פ הַמִּשְׁכָּן Exodus 35:15, compare Exodus 40:5,28 (all P); of court Numbers 3:26 compareNumbers 4:26 and (of temple) Ezekiel 8:7; doorway of (private) house Genesis 19:6,11 (twice in verse) + 22 t., compare Cant 7:14; in Proverbs 17:19 Frankenb Toy read מּיו; for מִּתְחוֺ of temple 1 Kings 6:33; Ezekiel 8:16, so הַבַּית ׳פ Ezekiel 47:1; Chron Ezekiel 4:22; הַדְּבִיר ׳פ 1 Kings 6:31, הַצֵּלָע ׳פ 1 Kings 6:8; Ezekiel 41:11 compare Ezekiel 41:11; Ezekiel 41:11; plural 1 Kings 7:5; various doorways in Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40:13 (twice in verse) + 13 t. 40-42 (see also below); doorway of ark Genesis 6:16 (P); of tower Judges 9:52; in wall Ezekiel 8:8; opening (mouth) of cave 1 Kings 19:13; הַשַׁעַר ׳פ opening, i.e. doorway, of gate Ezekiel 40:11; of city שַׁעַר הָעִיר ׳פ, i.e. the outer aperture of the gate Joshua 8:29; Joshua 20:4; Judges 9:35,44; Jeremiah 1:15 (plural), compare Jeremiah 19:2; 1 Kings 22:10 2Chronicles 18:9; 2 Kings 23:8; Proverbs 1:21; so הַשַּׁעַר ׳פ, Judges 9:40; 2 Samuel 10:8; 2 Samuel 11:23; 2 Kings 7:3; 2 Kings 10:8, and (of farm or village) Judges 18:16,17; so הָעִיר ׳פ 1 Kings 17:20; 1 Chronicles 19:6 (= 2 Samuel 10:8 above), compare Genesis 38:14; plural of city gates themselves (poetry) Isaiah 3:26 (personified), נְדִיבִים ׳פ Isaiah 13:2; מִּתְחֵי עוֺלָם Psalm 24:7; Psalm 24:9 ("" שְׁעָרִים); compare figurative שְׁמֹר מִּתְחֵיפִֿיךָ Micah 7:5; also ׳פ ׳שַׁעַר בֵּית י Jeremiah 36:10; Ezekiel 8:14; Ezekiel 10:19; compare Ezekiel 8:3; Ezekiel 11:1; Ezekiel 40:4; Ezekiel 46:3, ׳י ׳שׁ ׳פ Jeremiah 26:10; מְּתָחֶיהָ Micah 5:6 of entrances to a country; figurative תִּקְוָה ׳פ Hosea 2:17 doorway of hope.