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. Genesis 7:11 נִפְתָּֽחוּ׃ nif.Ta.chu · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

  2. Genesis 8:6 וַיִּפְתַּ֣ח vai.yif.Tach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

  3. Genesis 24:32 וַיְפַתַּ֖ח vay.fa.Tach · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the man came into the house, and he ungirded the camels; and he gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men that were with him.

  4. Genesis 29:31 וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח vai.yif.Tach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

  5. Genesis 30:22 וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח vai.yif.Tach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

  6. Genesis 41:56 וַיִּפְתַּ֨ח vai.yif.Tach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt.

  7. Genesis 42:27 וַיִּפְתַּ֨ח vai.yif.Tach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging-place, he espied his money; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

  8. Genesis 43:21 וַֽנִּפְתְּחָה֙ va.nif.te.Chah · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by us

    and it came to pass, when we came to the lodging-place, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.

  9. Genesis 44:11 וַֽיִּפְתְּח֖וּ vai.yif.te.Chu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    Then they hasted, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.

  10. Exodus 2:6 וַתִּפְתַּח֙ va.tif.Tach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

  11. Exodus 21:33 יִפְתַּ֨ח yif.Tach · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein,

  12. Exodus 28:9 וּפִתַּחְתָּ֣ u.fi.tach.Ta · An action: strong action, and then it will happen, done by you

    And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

  13. Exodus 28:11 תְּפַתַּח֙ te.fa.Tach · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be inclosed in settings of gold.

  14. Exodus 28:36 וּפִתַּחְתָּ֤ u.fi.tach.Ta · An action: strong action, and then it will happen, done by you

    And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO JEHOVAH.

  15. Exodus 39:6 מְפֻתָּחֹת֙ me.fu.ta.Chot · An -ing word: strong action received, it is done to the subject

    And they wrought the onyx stones, inclosed in settings of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.

  16. 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.

  17. 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.

  18. 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?

  19. 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.

  20. Deuteronomy 15:8 פָתֹ֧חַ fa.To.ach · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.

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