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title: פַּת — fragment · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פַּת (6595), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: fragment. BDB 1906: n.f. fragment, bit, morsel. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פַּת

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«פַּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fragment** — 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:** 6595 · **BDB:** פַּת²

### Glosses

a.piece (6); \[of.bread\] (3); crumbs (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fragment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6595/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. fragment, bit, morsel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6595/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Pr 17:1 fragment, bit, morsel of bread;—abs. פ׳ חֲרֵבָה Pr 17:1 a dry morsel; cstr. פַּת־לָחֶם Gn 18:5; Ju 19:5; 1 S 2:36; 28:22; 1 K 17:11; Pr 28:21; sf. פִּתִּי Jb 31:17, פִּתְּךָ Pr 23:8, פִּתֵּךְ Ru 2:14, פִּתּוֹ 2 S 12:3; pl. פִּתִּים Lv 2:6; 6:14; in sim. ψ 147:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פַּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6595/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 28:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.28.21/)

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הַֽכֵּר־פָּנִ֥ים לֹא־ט֑וֹב וְעַל־פַּת־לֶ֝֗חֶם יִפְשַׁע־גָּֽבֶר׃

*Word for word:* to.pay.regard.to faces not \[is\].good and on a.piece of.bread he.will.transgress a.man

*JPS 1917:* To have respect of persons is not good; for a man will transgress for a piece of bread.

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[Leviticus 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.2.6/)

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פָּת֤וֹת אֹתָהּ֙ פִּתִּ֔ים וְיָצַקְתָּ֥ עָלֶ֖יהָ שָׁ֑מֶן מִנְחָ֖ה הִֽוא׃ס

*Word for word:* you.will.crumble it crumbs and you.will.pour on it oil \[is\].a.grain.offering it

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt break it in pieces, and pour oil thereon; it is a meal-offering.

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