Strong's Lexicon

H6341

H6341 — פַּח

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewpachnoun mascOccurrences: 27TWOT: 1759ab

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H6341
Word:	פַּח
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H6351
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	27
Transliteration:	pach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	pakh
Meaning:	1. a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin) 2. also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
KJV Renderings:	gin, (thin) plate, snare.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6584

I. פַּח noun masculine^{Ps 124:7} bird-trap (compare Wilkinson^{Egyptians (1878) ii, 103,
109 f.} Dr^{Amos 3:5} Hoffm^{ZAW iii (1883), 101});

compare also Baldensperger^{PEF 1905, 38} ( pahµ used now of a trap with a net). — ׳ פ absolute Hos 5:1 +, פָּ֑ךְ Jer 48:44 +; construct פַּךְ Hos 9:8 +; plural פַּחִים Jer 18:22 +; —

1. literal ׳ יַעֲלֶה פ Amos 3:5b (as metaphor; v:a strike out ׳ פ), Prov 7:23; Eccl 9:12 (with אָחוּז; both in simile).

2. usually figurative (sometimes || מוֺקֵשׁ, רֶשֶׁת, צַמִּים):

a. of calamities and plots, יָקוֺשׁ ׳ פ Hos 9:8, compare Ps 91:3; Ps 124:7 ׳ פ alone Jer 48:43 = Isa 24:17; Job 22:10; Ps 124:7; Prov 22:5 לְ ׳ טָמַן פ Jer 18:22 ; Ps 140:6 ; Ps 142:4 לְ ׳ נָחַן פ Ps 119:110, לְ ׳ יָקַשׁ פ Ps 141:9 ׳ יאֹחֵז בְּעָקֵב פ Job 18:9 ׳ יִלָּכֵד בֵּפּ Jer 48:44 = Isa 24:18 .

b. = source or agent of calamity Hos 5:1; Josh 23:13 ( D ), Isa 8:14 ; Ps 69:23 . — Ps 11:6 see פֶּחָם . below

BDB6586

II. [פַּח] noun [masculine] plate of metal; plural רִקֻּעֵי פַחִים Num 17:3 construct וַיְרַקְּעוּ אֶתפַּֿחֵי הַזָּהָב Exod 39:3.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מספחות (mis-pah-ghoth’)

Ezekiel 13:18

KJV: And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?armholes: or, elbows

EHCC: make herchiefe upon the bead of erey |