ma.tach denotes extending the heavens in Isaiah’s tent-like comparison.

The attested use describes the extending of the heavens, set alongside their being spread like a tent in Isaiah 40:22.

1. Extending the heavens · dominant

   In Isaiah 40:22, the sequential imperfect form occurs in the clause about the one who extends the heavens; the APB renders the surrounding comparison, “he who stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them like a tent to dwell in.”

   Isaiah 40:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 40:22, the APB presents the clause with “stretches out the heavens” and “spreads them”; The precise assignment of either English phrase to this form is uncertain.