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title: פָּצָה — part · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּצָה (6475), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: part. BDB 1906: vb. part, open. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּצָה

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«פָּצָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **part** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 6475 · **BDB:** פָּצָה

### Glosses

they.have.opened (3); set (2); I.have.opened (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

part [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6475/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. part, open [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6475/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. part, open (Arabic فَصَى i, ii. separate, remove; Aramaic פְּצָא especially set free, ܦܰܨܺܐ Pa. set free);— Pf. 3 fs. פָּֽצְתָה Gn 4:11 +, 2 ms. פָּצִיתָ Ju 11:36, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִפְצֶה Jb 35:16; Imv. ms. פְּצֵה Ez 2:8, sf. פְּצֵנִי ψ 144:7, 11; Pt. פֹּצֶה Is 10:14, פּוֹ׳ ψ 144:10;— open mouth: to swallow, fig. of ground, הָאֲדָמָה Gn 4:11 (J), Nu 16:30 (JE), הָאָרֶץ Dt 11:6; of enemies, + עַל pers. La 2:16; 3:46 ψ 22:14; lit. Ez 2:8. to speak Ju 11:35, 36 (utter a vow, + אֶל־י׳); Jb 35:16; hence = utter, אֲשֶׁר פָּצוּ שְׁפָתַי ψ 66:14; of bird chirping פֹּצֶה פֶה Is 10:14 (in fig.). snatch away, set free (Aramaic loan-word), only ψ 144, + הִצִּיל c. מִן v 7, 11; פ׳ c. מִן v 10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּצָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6475/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.46/)

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פָּצ֥וּ עָלֵ֛ינוּ פִּיהֶ֖ם כָּל־אֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* they.have.opened on us mouth their all enemies our

*JPS 1917:* All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.

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[Psalms 22:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.22.14/)

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פָּצ֣וּ עָלַ֣י פִּיהֶ֑ם אַ֝רְיֵ֗ה טֹרֵ֥ף וְשֹׁאֵֽג׃

*Word for word:* they.have.opened on me mouth their a.lion tearing and roaring

*JPS 1917:* They open wide their mouth against me, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

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