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title: פַּחַת — pit · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פַּחַת (6354), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: pit. BDB 1906: n.m. pit. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פַּחַת

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«פַּחַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pit** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 10 times · **Key:** 6354 · **BDB:** פַּ֫חַת

### Glosses

pit (6); the.pit (2); a.pit (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6354/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. pit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6354/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 2 S 18:17 (in 17:9 read בְּאַחַד) pit;—פ׳ abs. Je 48:13 +, פָּ֑חַת v 28; pl. פְּחָתִים 2 S 17:9;—pit, 2 S 17:9; 18:17; Je 48:28 (Gie qu. text); fig. of calamity פַּחַד וָפ׳ וָפָ֑ח Je 48:43 cf. v 44(×2) = Is 24:17 cf. v 18(×2) and La 3:47.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פַּחַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6354/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 24:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.17/)

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פַּ֥חַד וָפַ֖חַת וָפָ֑ח עָלֶ֖יךָ יוֹשֵׁ֥ב הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* dread and pit and snare \[are\].on you O.inhabitant\[s\] of the.earth

*JPS 1917:* Terror, and the pit, and the trap, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

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[Jeremiah 48:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.43/)

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פַּ֥חַד וָפַ֖חַת וָפָ֑ח עָלֶ֛יךָ יוֹשֵׁ֥ב מוֹאָ֖ב נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* terror and pit and snare \[will be\].on.you O.inhabitant of.Moab the.utterance of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Terror, and the pit, and the trap, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.

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