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title: מִפְתָּח — opening · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִפְתָּח (4669), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: opening. BDB 1906: opening, utterance. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִפְתָּח

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«מִפְתָּח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **opening** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4669 · **BDB:** מִפְתָּח

### Glosses

the.opening (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

opening [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4669/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

opening, utterance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4669/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] opening, utterance;—cstr. מִפְתַּח שְׂפָתַי Pr 8:6 i.e. that with which my lips open.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִפְתָּח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4669/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 8:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.6/)

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שִׁ֭מְעוּ כִּֽי־נְגִידִ֣ים אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וּמִפְתַּ֥ח שְׂ֝פָתַ֗י מֵישָׁרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* listen (dm) princely.things I.will.speak and the.opening my.lips my \[will.be\].uprightness(es)

*JPS 1917:* Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

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