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# פֶּתַח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6607

**opening** — used 164 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

opening [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6607/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פֶּ֫תַח: n.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6607/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ez 8:8 (f. 2 S 17:9 but We reads אַחַד for אַחַת, and so AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 86) opening, doorway, entrance;—abs. פ׳ Gn 4:7 +, פָּ֑תַח 19:11 +, הַפֶּ֫תְחָה v 6; cstr. פֶּתַח 18:1 +; sf. פִּתְחוֹ Pr 17:19, פִּתְחָהּ Ez 40:38; pl. פְּתָחִים 1 K 7:5; Pr 8:3; cstr. פִּתְחֵי ψ 24:7 +; sf. פְּתָחָ֑י Pr 8:34, etc.;—doorway of nomad’s tent, פ׳ הָאֹהֶל Gn 18:1, 2, 10 (J); Ex 33:8, 10(E); Nu 11:10; 16:27 (JE); Ju 4:20, cf. (without הָאֹהֶל) Gn 4:7 (in fig.), Jb 31:9, 34; of sacred tent, פ׳ הָאֹהֶל Ex 33:9, 10; 26:36; 36:37; 39:38 (P); Nu 12:5 (E); Dt 31:15, usually (P) פ׳ אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד Ex 29:4 + 6 times Ex + 40:6, 29 (פ׳ מִשְׁכַּן אֹהֶל מ׳), Lv 1:3 + 22 times Lv, Nu 3:25 + 11 times Nu, Jos 19:51; 1 S 2:22; cf. 1 Ch 9:21; פ׳ הַמִּשְׁכָּן Ex 35:15; cf. 40:5, 28 (all P); of court Nu 3:26 cf. 4:26 and (of temple) Ez 8:7; doorway of (private) house Gn 19:6, 11(×2) + 22 times, cf. Ct 7:14; in Pr 17:19 Frankenb Toy read פִּיו for פִּתְחוֹ; of temple 1 K 6:33; Ez 8:16, so פ׳ הַבַּית Ez 47:1; 2 Ch 4:22; פֵ׳ הַדְּבִיר 1 K 6:31, פ׳ הַצֵלָע v 8 Ez 41:11 cf. v 11(×2); pl. 1 K 7:5; various doorways in Ezek.’s temple Ez 40:13(×2) + 13 times 40–42 (v. also infr.); doorway of ark Gn 6:16 (P); of tower Ju 9:52; in wall Ez 8:8; opening (mouth) of cave 1 K 19:13; פ׳ הַשַּׁעַר opening, i.e. doorway, of gate Ez 40:11; of city פ׳ שַׁעַר הָעִיר, i.e. the outer aperture of the gate Jos 8:29; 20:4; Ju 9:35, 44; Je 1:15 (pl.), cf. 19:2; 1 K 22:10 = 2 Ch 18:9; 2 K 23:8; Pr 1:21; so פ׳ הַשַּׁעַר Ju 9:40; 2 S 10:8; 11:23; 2 K 7:3; 10:3, and (of farm or village) Ju 18:16, 17; so פ׳ הָעִיר 1 K 17:10; 1 Ch 19:6 (= 2 S 10:8 supr.), cf. Gn 38:14; pl. of city gates themselves (poet.) Is 3:26 (personif.), פ׳ נְדִיבִים 13:2; פִּתְחֵי עוֹלָם ψ 24:7, 9 (‖ שְׁעָרִים); cf. fig. שְׁמֹר פִּתְחֵי־פִיךָ Mi 7:5; also פ׳ שַׁעַר בֵּית י׳ Je 36:10; Ez 8:14; 10:19 cf. 8:3; 11:1; 40:4; 46:3, פ׳ שׁ׳ י׳ Je 26:10; פְּתָחֶיהָ Mi 5:6 of entrances to a country; fig. פ׳ תִּקְוָה Ho 2:17 doorway of hope.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 84 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the entrance (102); entrance (10); the opening (10).

## In the verses

[1 Chronicles 9:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.21/#tree)

זְכַרְיָה֙ בֶּ֣ן מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֔ה שֹׁעֵ֥ר פֶּ֖תַח לְאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* Zechariah the.son of.Meshelemiah \[was\].a.gatekeeper of.the.entrance of the.tent of.meeting

*JPS 1917:* Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.

[Exodus 40:28](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.40.28/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.40.28/#tree)

וַיָּ֛שֶׂם אֶת־מָסַ֥ךְ הַפֶּ֖תַח לַמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃

*Word for word:* and he.set.up (et) the.screen of the.entrance of the tabernacle

*JPS 1917:* And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6607.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6607/): 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).