פָּתַח

Word meanings

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Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve; appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Every occurrence

1. Nehemiah 1:6 פְתֻוּח֟וֹת fe.tu.v.Chot · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

   Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father's house have sinned:

2. Nehemiah 6:5 פְּתוּחָ֖ה pe.tu.Chah · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

   Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,

3. Nehemiah 7:3 יִפָּֽתְח֞וּ yi.pa.te.Chu · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

   And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand on guard, let them shut the doors, and bar ye them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.

4. Nehemiah 8:5 וַיִּפְתַּ֨ח vai.yif.Tach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:

5. Nehemiah 8:5 וּכְפִתְח֖וֹ u.khe.fit.Cho · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:

6. Nehemiah 13:19 יִפְתָּח֔וּם yif.ta.Chum · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

   And it came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

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