מרבד
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ר־ב־ד (r-b-d) |
| 1 term |
Compare Ugaritic 𐎎𐎗𐎁𐎄 (mrbd, “bedspread, counterpane”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /maʁˈvad/
Noun
מַרְבָד • (marvád) m (plural indefinite מַרְבַדִּים, singular construct מַרְבַד־, plural construct מַרְבַדֵּי־) [pattern: מַקְטָל]
- a carpet
- Tanach, Proverbs 7:16, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- מַרְבַדִּים רָבַדְתִּי עַרְשִׂי חֲטֻבוֹת אֵטוּן מִצְרָיִם׃
- marvadím ravádti arsí khatuvót etún mitsráyim
- I have decked my couch with coverlets, / With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | מַרְבַד | first | מַרְבָדִי | מַרְבָדֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַמַּרְבַד | second | מַרְבָדְךָ | מַרְבָדֵךְ | מַרְבַדְכֶם | מַרְבַדְכֶן | |
| construct | מַרְבַד־ | third | מַרְבָדוֹ | מַרְבָדָהּ | מַרְבָדָם | מַרְבָדָן | |
| plural | indefinite | מַרְבַדִּים | first | מרבדיי / מַרְבַדַּי | מַרְבַדֵּינוּ | ||
| definite | הַמַּרְבַדִּים | second | מַרְבַדֶּיךָ | מרבדייך / מַרְבַדַּיִךְ | מַרְבַדֵּיכֶם | מַרְבַדֵּיכֶן | |
| construct | מַרְבַדֵּי־ | third | מַרְבַדָּיו | מַרְבַדֶּיהָ | מַרְבַדֵּיהֶם | מַרְבַדֵּיהֶן | |
Synonyms
- (carpet): שָׁטִיחַ (shatíakh)
References
- “מרבד” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language