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title: פָּעַר — open wide · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּעַר (6473), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: open wide. BDB 1906: vb. open wide. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּעַר

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«פָּעַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **open wide** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 6473 · **BDB:** פָּעַר

### Glosses

I.opened.wide (1); it.will.open.wide (1); people.have.opened.wide (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

open wide [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6473/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. open wide [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6473/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. open wide (the mouth) (NH rarely = BH, usually open bowels, go to stool; cf. J Aram. פְּעַר; Arabic فَعَرَ and Syriac ܦܥܰܪ = BH, ܦܶܥܪܳܐ chasm);— Pf. of voracious greed, fig. 3 fs. וּפָֽעֲרָה פִּיהָ Is 5:14 (of Sheôl), 3 pl. פָּֽעֲרוּ עָלַי בְּפִיהֶם (Ges§ 119 q) Jb 16:10; of eager desire (good sense), פִּיהֶם פָּֽעֲרוּ 29:23, פִּי־פָעַרְתִּי ψ 119:131.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּעַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6473/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.131/)

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פִּֽי־פָ֭עַרְתִּי וָאֶשְׁאָ֑פָה כִּ֖י לְמִצְוֺתֶ֣יךָ יָאָֽבְתִּי׃

*Word for word:* mouth my I.opened.wide and I panted (dm) for commandments your I.longed

*JPS 1917:* I opened wide my mouth, and panted; for I longed for Thy commandments.

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[Job 29:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.29.23/)

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וְיִֽחֲל֣וּ כַמָּטָ֣ר לִ֑י וּ֝פִיהֶ֗ם פָּעֲר֥וּ לְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and they.waited like the rain for me and mouth their they.opened.wide for spring.rain

*JPS 1917:* And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

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