Did people sit on mats in the bible era (like some Arabic cultures nowadays) or they sat mainly on chairs?
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Hi Ubiquitous Student, welcome to BH.SE - thanks for contributing! Please do take the Site Tour or check the Help Center to learn more about the site's context and what kind of questions to ask here. I've closed the question as it stands as off-topic. In a nutshell - in hermeneutics we always 'start from the text' and deal with questions that naturally arise from it. If it's not a question about a text, it's probably off-topic. – Steve can help Aug 03 '21 at 08:34
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2Maybe a question for history.stackexchange.com – Perry Webb Aug 03 '21 at 09:00
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They also had beds or sofas. – Lucian Aug 03 '21 at 09:02
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@SteveTaylor, sorry, I wasn't aware of it. Anyway, I have a good point to start from a text: proverbs 31:22, according to some translations "She has made a carpet for herself and a robe of fine white linen and of purple". https://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-22.htm – Ubiquitous Student Aug 03 '21 at 13:10
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@PerryWebb Thank you for your advice. I've taken it. https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/65679/did-people-sit-on-mats-in-the-bible-era-or-mainly-on-chairs?noredirect=1#comment208970_65679 – Ubiquitous Student Aug 03 '21 at 13:11
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That's a great idea - if you update the question to focus on that text and ask about what that word means in context, that would be on-topic and we could get that reopened for you pretty fast. – Steve can help Aug 03 '21 at 13:12