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# פֶּסַח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6453

**passover** — used 49 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

passover [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6453/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פֶּ֫סַח: n.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6453/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. passover (usually (Thes and most) from I. פסח, with reference to Ex 12:13 etc.; ReussGesch. A.T. § 58 passing over into new year; Schaefer Passah-Mazzoth (1900), 346 cp. Assyrian pašâḫu, soothe, placate \[deity\], be sooted, Pi. trans., JenZA iv (1889), 275 ZimBab. Rel. i (1896), Gloss.; ii (1899), 92; SchwallyIdiot. 124 from II. פסח, of sacred dance);—abs. פ׳ Ex 12:11 +; פָּ֑סַח v 21 +; pl. פְּסָחִים 2 Ch 30:17 + 3 times;— sacrifice of passover, involving communion-meal, hence a species of peace-offering (cf. i. זֶבַח II. 2), זֶבַח פ׳ הוא לי׳ Ex 12:27 (J), cf. v 11 (P); זָבַח פ׳ Dt 16:2, 5, 6; אכל הפ׳ 2 Ch 30:18; the special feature lay in the application of blood to homes to consecrate them; cf. sim. Bab. rite of purification Zim ib. ii. 126–7. the animal victim of the passover: שׁחט פ׳ Ex 12:21 (J) 2 Ch 30:15; 35:1, 6, 11; Ezr 6:20, cf. 2 Ch 30:17; בשׁל הפ׳ באשׁ 2 Ch 35:13; לפסחים 2 Ch 35:7, 8, 9. \[Passover animals (cf. BrHex. 206) were צֹאן flock Ex 12:21 (J), שֶׂה v 3, 4, 5, incl. כֶּבֶשׁ and עֵז v 5 (P); צאן ובקר Dt 16:2; large numbers of all these (שֶׂה not used) in Josiah’s passover, according to 2 Ch 35:7, 8, 9, but evident mingling of whole burnt-offerings for the passover with special passover victim.\] festival of the passover: חג הפ׳ Ex 34:25 (J); (ה)פ׳ Lv 23:5; Nu 28:16; 33:3; Jos 5:11 (P) Ez 45:21; חֻקַּת הפ׳ Ex 12:43; Nu 9:12, 14 (P); עשׂה פ׳ Ex 12:48; Nu 9:2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 13, 14; Jos 5:10 (P) Dt 16:1; 2 K 23:21, 22, 23; 2 Ch 30:1, 2, 5; 35:1, 16, 17, 18(×2), 19; Ezr 6:19; it was held in month הָאָבִיב Dt 16:1, בָּעָ֑רֶב v 6; on 14th day Jos 5:10 (P), of 1st month Ez 45:21; בֵּין הערבים (Ex 12:6); Lv 23:5; Nu 9:5 (P); if impossible at that time, then on 14th of 2nd month Nu 9:10, 12. \[No ref. to פֶּסַח in E; J subordinates it to מַצּוֹת (the great feast of JE); in D it predom. over מצות; P makes it first in importance (BrHex. 195 f.).\]

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 46 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: passover (25); a passover (12); the passover (6).

## In the verses

[Numbers 9:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.9.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.9.2/#tree)

וְיַעֲשׂ֧וּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶת־הַפָּ֖סַח בְּמוֹעֲדֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and let.them.observe the.people of.Israel (et) the passover at its.appointed time

*JPS 1917:* 'Let the children of Israel keep the passover in its appointed season.

[Numbers 9:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.9.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.9.4/#tree)

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר מֹשֶׁ֛ה אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לַעֲשֹׂ֥ת הַפָּֽסַח׃

*Word for word:* and he.spoke Moses to the.people of.Israel to observe the passover

*JPS 1917:* And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6453.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6453/): 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).