Ṭâchâh — H2909

Definition

verb

to stretch a bow, as an archer

1. to hurl, shoot
1. (Piel) a bowshot (participle)

Usually translated as

bowshot, shot

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• bolḗ (G1000)

Occurrences

Ṭâchâh occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1)

• Genesis 21:16 — And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot (כִּמְטַחֲוֵ֣י): for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.