BDB6865
I. פָּתַח
verb
open (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician פתח; Assyrian
pitû, patû
; Sabean פתח
OsZMG xix (1865), 197; Arabic
[untranscribed source text 4383]; Ethiopic
[untranscribed source text 4384]; Aramaic פְּתַח,
[untranscribed source text 4385]; Nabataean, Palmyrene פתח); —
Qal
Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳
פ
2Kgs 15:16 +,
etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִפְתַּח
Exod 21:33 +; 3
masculine plural suffix יִפְתָּחוּם
Neh 13:19,
etc.; Imperative masculine singular פְּתַחִ
2Kgs 13:17 +;
feminine singular פִּתְחִיּ
Song 5:2 masculine
plural פִּתְחוּ
Josh 10:22 +;
Infinitive absolute
פָּתֹחַ
Deut 15:8 +;
construct לִפְתֹח
Ezek 21:27 +;
Participle
active
פֹּתֵחַ
Judg 3:25 +;
pass. פָּתוּחַ
Jer 5:16 +, etc.;
— open sack, שַׂק, Gen 42:27 (
E
), אַמְתַּחַת
Gen 43:21; Gen 44:11 (
J
), skin-bottle (נאוד). Judg 4:19, hamper (תֵּדָה) Exod 2:6 (
E
), pit (בּוֺר) Exod 21:33 (
E
; i. e. uncover it), mouth (פִּי) of cave Josh 10:22 (
J
E
), grave
Ezek 37:12; Ezek 37:13 (to bring forth dead), of. (in figurative) Jer 5:16; Ps 5:10
כְּלִי פָתוּחַ
Num 19:15 (
P
) open vessel; door (דֶּלֶת; sometimes opposed to סָגַר
) Judg 3:25
+ Judg 3:25
(object omitted),
Judg 19:27;
1Sam 3:15; 2Kgs
9:3; 2Kgs
9:10; 2Chr
29:3; Job
31:32 (c.ל person); figurative of Leb. Zech 11:1
דַּלתֵי שָׁמַיִם
Ps 78:23 (of
׳
י, sending rain); ׳
ד = city-gates Neh 13:19; Isa 45:1(|| שְׁעָרִים; ׳
י subject, with לפְנֵי); ׳
ד omitted
Song 5:2; Song
5:5; Song 5:6
gate (שַׁעַר), of land Nah 3:13 (Infinitive absolute + Imperfect
Niph`al q. v.), compare Ezek 25:9, שׁער of temple (- court) Ezek 46:12 (with ל
, person), Ps 118:19 (id.), city Isa 26:2, object omitted Deut 20:11;
2Kgs 15:16
window, חַלּוֺן, 2Kgs 13:17 (twice in verse),אֲרֻבּוֺת הַשָׁמַיִם
(by ׳
י sending rain) Gen 8:6(
J
), Mal 3:10
city Jer
13:19, עִיר פְּתוּחָה
Josh 8:17 (
J
E
); absolute וְלאֹ סגר
׳
פ
Isa 22:22
(twice in verse); —
Isa 14:17 is dubious, Gr
PerlesAnal. 28. 42
Kit (in Di) read ׳
לַאֲסִירָיו לאֹפֿ
בֵּיתהַֿכֶּלֶא; > Bu
Che
Marti
אֲסִירָיו לאֹ פִּתַּח אִישׁ
לְבֵיתוֺ; storehouse, armoury Gen 41:56; Jer 50:25 (of ׳
י), Jer 50:26 (for destruction), figurative of sky, for rain Deut 28:12 (with ל
person; of ׳
י ), compare open
בָּ֑ר, expose for sale, Amos 8:5
open womb, i.e. grant offspring Gen 29:31; Gen 30:22 (
J
); open mouth (פֶּה) to cry, speak Ezek 21:27; Job 3:1; Dan 10:16, hence = speak
Isa 53:7
(twice in verse);
Job 33:2;
Ps 39:10; Ps
78:2 (בְּמָשָׁל), Ps 109:2 (with עַל person),
Prov 24:7;
Prov 31:8
(with ל person), Prov 31:9 Prov 31:26 (בְּחָכְמָה); Ps 49:5 either utter,
declare, propound riddle, or open up, expound; have power of speech Ps 38:14 of
׳
י giving power of (prophetic) speech Ezek 3:27; Ezek 33:22, giving speech to ass Num 22:28 (
J
); open mouth, to eat Ezek 3:2, of earth, to swallow up, Num 16:32: Num 26:10, compare (
פֶּה omitted) Ps 106:17
open lips, to speak Job 11:5 (with עִם person), Job 32:20 (Gi Job 32:21); of ׳
י opening man's lips Ps 51:17, man's ear Isa 50:5 (Assyrian
uznâ puttû
); of eyes only passive participle, with אֶל
1Kgs 8:29 =
2Chr 6:20;
1Kgs 8:52;
Neh 1:6, with
ל
2Chr 6:40 (by
zeugma), 2Chr 7:15
(all of ׳
י's favour); open hand, in giving Deut 15:8; Deut 15:11 (c, ל person, +
infinitive absolute), of ׳
י
Ps 104:28
; Ps
145:16 book
Neh 8:5 (twice in verse), letter Neh 6:5
open river (channel) Isa 41:18 (of ׳
י), rock, letting out water, Ps 105:41 (id.); open
sword, = draw it
Ezek 21:33; Ps 37:14 of root שָׁרְשִׁי פָתוּחַ אֱלֵימָֿ֑יִם
Job 29:19,
i.e. with no obstacle intervening. — תִּפְתַּח אֶרֶץ
Isa 45:8 is
dubious; verb not elsewhere intransitive; Du
CheHpt
Marti proposes רַחְמָהּ as object; Gr
Kit (in Di) read
תִּפָּתַח.
Niph`al
Perfect 3 masculine singular נִפְתַּח
Isa 5:27,
etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִפָּתַח
Ezek 24:27
, יִפָּתֵ֑חַ
Ezek 44:2 +,
etc.; Infinitive construct
הִפָּתֵחַ
Isa 51:14
Participle
נִפְתָּח
Zech 13:1 —
be opened, of girdle Isa 5:27 (i.e. loosened), compare of captive Isa 51:14, and, of calamity, Jer 1:14
be let loose (with עַל person); gates Nah 2:7; Nah 3:13 (of land, thrown
open to (ל) enemy), Ezek 44:2; Ezek 46:1 (twice in verse); Neh 7:3 impersonal of man shut in
by God Job 12:14
of windows of heaven Gen 7:11 (
P
), compare
Isa 24:18 (of future destruction); the heavens themselves Ezek 1:1(for visions); fountain
Zech 13:1
wine (-skin, with negative) Job 32:19 mouth, in speech
Job 24:27;
Job 33:22
ears Isa 35:5.
Pi`el
Perfect 3 masculine singular
פִּתַּח
Job 30:11
+,
פִּתֵּ֑חַ
Job 12:18
+, etc.;
Imperfect 3 masculine singular
יְפַתַּח;
Isa 28:24, 1 singular
אֲפַתֵּחַ
Isa 45:1,
etc.; —
Infinitive absolute
פַּתֵּחַ
Isa 58:6
construct,
id.
Ps 102:21
Participle
מְפַתֵּ֑חַ
1Kgs 20:11
— loose:
1.
free, i.e. ungird, camels Gen 24:32 (
J
): loins of kings Isa 45:1 (i.e. disarm them); set free, with suffix
person Ps
105:20;
Jer 40:4 (with מִן); with accusative בְּנֵי
תְמוּתָה
Ps 102:21
.
2.
loosen (and remove) sack-cloth Isa 20:2 (c.מֵעַל ), Ps 30:12 armour 1Kgs 20:11
(object omitted; opposed to חָגַר); bonds Job 12:18; Ps 116:16, compare Isa 58:6;
Job 39:5
cord Job
30:11; Job 38:11
loosen ground Isa 28:24 (in tillage; compare
VogelstLand wrirthschaft 38, Assyrian
puttû
).
3. open gates Isa 60:11, doors Job 41:6 (figurative of crocodile's jaws); ear Isa 48:8 (read probably either
פִּתַּחְתִּי, פָּתַחְתִּי [
ᵐ5
Du
Marti], or נִפְתְּחָה [Gr
Che
Kit in Di]; buds Song 7:13 (of
blossom; object omitted; or intransitive, as sometimes Arabic
[untranscribed source text 4386] see Dozy).
Hithpa`el
Imperative masculine plural התפתחו
Isa 52:2
Kt
<
Qr
feminine singular הִתְפַּתְּחִי (so
ᵐ5
; of personified Jerusalem) loosen thee (Ges
«GKC:54f»§ 54f) the fetters of thy neck.
BDB6876
II. [פָּתַח] verb
Pi`el
engrave (Late Hebrew Pi`el id.,פִּתּוּחַ = Biblical
Hebrew, and so
ᵑ7
; Assyrian
patâ—u
, bore, penetrate; compare perhaps Arabic
[untranscribed source text 4387],
[untranscribed source text 4388]
ring (compare Frä252)); — Perfect
3 masculine singular פִּתַּח
2Chr 3:7, etc.;
Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיְפַתַּח
1Kgs 7:36 2
masculine singular תְּפַתַּח
Exod 28:11
Infinitive construct
לְפַתֵּחַ
2Chr 2:6; 2Chr 2:13
Participle
מְפַתֵּחַ
Zech 3:9 —
engrave, with accusative + על, on metal 1Kgs 7:36; 2Chr 3:7; Exod 28:36 (accusative of cognate
meaning with verb פִּתּוּחֵי חוֺתָם), on stone Exod 28:9 with accusative אֶבֶן + accusative of
cognate meaning with verb Exod 28:11(all
P
); with accusative of cognate meaning with verb only, Zech 3:9 (on stone), and, in general, 2Chr 2:6; 2Chr 2:13.
Pu`al
Participle feminine plural מְפֻתָּחֹת פִתּוּחֵי חוֺתָם
Exod 39:9 (
P
) stones engraved with the engravings of signet.
BDB9829
[פְּתַח] verb
open (see Biblical Hebrew); —
Pe`al
Passive participle feminine plural פְּתִיחָן
Dan 6:11
opened (windows). Pe>îl (WCG 225)
Perfect 3 masculine plural פְּתִ֫יחוּ
Dan 7:10 books
were opened.