מָתַח

[מָתַח] verb spread out (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , מְתַח; Arabic be long, long (probably load-word); compare perhaps Assyrian matâ—u, direct the eyes toward); — only Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix וַיִּמְתָּחֵם Isa 40:22 and he (׳י) hath spread them (the heavens) out as a tent to dwell in.