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# פַּח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6341

**bird-trap** — used 25 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

bird-trap [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6341/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פַּח²: n.m. bird-trap [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6341/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 124:7 bird-trap (cf. Wilkinson Egyptians (1878) ii, 103, 109 f. Dr Am 3:5 HoffmZAW iii (1883), 101);\* cf. also BaldenspergerPEF 1905, 38 (paḥ used now פ׳ abs. Ho 5:1 +, פָּ֑ח Je 48:44 +; cstr. פַּח Ho 9:8 +; pl. פַּחִים Je 18:22 +;— lit. יַעֲלֶה פ׳ Am 3:5 b (as metaph.; v a del. פ׳); Pr 7:23; Ec 9:12 (c. אָחוּז; both in sim.). usually fig. (sometimes ‖ מוֹקֵשׁ, רֶשֶׁת, צַמִּים): of calamities and plots, פ׳ יָקוֹשׁ Ho 9:8, cf. ψ 91:3; 124:7; פ׳ alone Je 48:43 = Is 24:17; Jb 22:10 ψ 124:7; Pr 22:5; טָמַן פ׳ לְ Je 18:22 ψ 140:6; 142:4; נָתַן פ׳ לְ 119:110, יָקַשׁ פ׳ לְ 141:9; יֹאחֵז בְּעָקֵב פ׳ Jb 18:9; יִלָּכֵד בַּפּ׳ Je 48:44 = Is 24:18. = source or agent of calamity Ho 5:1; Jos 23:13 (D), Is 8:14 ψ 69:23.—ψ 11:6 v. פֶּחָם.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: snare (7); a trap (5); snares (4).

## In the verses

[Job 18:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.9/#tree)

יֹאחֵ֣ז בְּעָקֵ֣ב פָּ֑ח יַחֲזֵ֖ק עָלָ֣יו צַמִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* it.takes.hold on a.heel a.trap it.takes.hold on him a.snare

*JPS 1917:* A gin shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold on him.

[Job 22:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.10/#tree)

עַל־כֵּ֭ן סְבִיבוֹתֶ֣יךָ פַחִ֑ים וִֽ֝יבַהֶלְךָ פַּ֣חַד פִּתְאֹֽם׃

*Word for word:* therefore \[are\].around you snares and it terrifies.you dread suddenly

*JPS 1917:* Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden dread affrighted thee,

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6341.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6341/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).