פָּתַח

pa.tach · to open

Hebrew · Strong's H6605 · Verb · Sounds like: paw-thakh' · 144 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to open H6605A 135
  • to engrave H6605B 9

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)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
פָּתַח vb. open
Qal open sack
Niph. be opened
Pi. be opened
1. free, i.e. ungird, camels
2. loosen (and remove) sack-cloth
3. open gates, doors
Hithp. loosen thee the fetters of thy neck
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[פָּתַח] vb. Pi. engrave
Pu. stones engraved with the engravings of a signet.

Every occurrence

  1. Numbers 16:32 וַתִּפְתַּ֤ח va.tif.Tach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

  2. Numbers 19:15 פָת֔וּחַ fa.Tu.ach · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.

  3. Numbers 22:28 וַיִּפְתַּ֥ח vai.yif.Tach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

  4. Numbers 26:10 וַתִּפְתַּ֨ח va.tif.Tach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.

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