Words the Bible translates as stretch

English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.

natahנָטָהto stretch out or spread something: to extend a hand, arm, or fabric into open space
+3 more meanings
- to turn aside or turn away: to change direction so as to leave the straight path, toward something or away from it
- to bend justice or pervert a legal case: to push a judgment off its honest course against the weak
- to incline the ear or heart: to bend one's attention toward someone, or to bend another's heart a certain way
ravatsרָבַץto lie down: to settle the body low against the ground, the way an animal drops to rest or a predator couches over its lair

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