--- title: פָּתַח — open · The Tanakh dictionary description: פָּתַח (6605), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 135 times: open. BDB 1906: vb. open Niph. 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[tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6605/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. open (NH id.; Ph. פתח; Assyrian pitû, patû; Sab. פתח OsZMG xix (1865), 197; Arabic فَتَحَ; Ethiopic ፈትሐ;; Aramaic פְּתַח, ܦܬܰܚ; Nab. Palm. פתח);— Pf. 3 ms. פ׳ 2 K 15:16 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִפְתַּח Ex 21:33 +; 3 mpl. sf. יִפְתָּחוּם Ne 13:19, etc.; Imv. ms. פְּתַח 2 K 13:17 +; fs. פִּתְחִי Ct 5:2; mpl. פִּתְחוּ Jos 10:22 +; Inf. abs. פָּתֹחַ Dt 15:8 +; cstr. לִפְתֹּחַ Ez 21:27 +; Pt. act. פֹּתֵחַ Ju 3:25 +; pass. פָּתוּחַ Je 5:16 +, etc.;—open sack, שַׂק, Gn 42:27 (E), אַמְתַּחַת 43:21; 44:11 (J), skin-bottle (נאוד) Ju 4:19, hamper (תֵּבָה) Ex 2:6 (E), pit (בּוֹר) 21:33 (E; i.e. uncover it), mouth (פִּי) of cave Jos 10:22 (JE), grave Ez 37:12, 13 (to bring forth dead), cf. (in fig.) Je 5:16 ψ 5:10; כְּלִי פָתוּחַ Nu 19:15 (P) open vessel; door (דֶּלֶת; sometimes opp. סָגַר) Ju 3:25 + v 25 (obj. om.), 19:27; 1 S 3:15; 2 K 9:3; 10; 2 Ch 29:3; Jb 31:32; (c. ל pers.); fig. of Leb. Zc 11:1; דַּלְתֵי שָׁמָיִם ψ 78:33 (of י׳, sending rain); ד׳ = city-gates Ne 13:19; Is 45:1; (‖ שְׁעָרִים; י׳ subj., c. לִפְנֵי); ד׳ om. Ct 5:2, 5, 6; gate (שַׁעַר), of land Na 3:13; (Inf. abs. + Impf. Niph. q.v.), cf. Ez 25:9; שַׁעַר of temple (-court) Ez 46:12 (c. ל pers.), ψ 118:19 (id.), city Is 26:2; obj. om. Dt 20:11; 2 K 15:16; window, חַלּוֹן 2 K 13:17(×2); אֲרֻבּוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם (by י׳ sending rain) Gn 8:6 (J); Mal 3:10; city Je 13:19, עִיר פְּתוּחָה Jos 8:17 (JE); abs. פ׳ וְלֹא סגר Is 22:22(×2);—14:17 is dubious, Gr PerlesAnal. 28. 42 Kit (in Di) read לַאֲסִירָיו לֹא־פ׳ בֵּית־הַכֶּלֶא; \> Bu Che Marti אֲסִירָיו לֹא פִּתַּח אִישׁ לִבֵיתוֹ; storehouse, armoury Gn 41:56; Je 50:25 (of י׳), Je 50:26 (for destruction), fig. of sky, for rain Dt 28:12; (c. ל pers.; of י׳), cf. open בָּ֑ר, expose for sale, Am 8:5; open womb, i.e. grant offspring Gn 29:31; 30:22 (J); open mouth (פֶּה) to cry, speak Ez 21:27; Jb 3:1; Dn 10:16, hence = speak Is 53:7(×2); Jb 33:2; ψ 39:10; 78:2 (בְּמָשָׁל), 109:2 (c. עַל pers.), Pr 24:7; 31:8 (c. ל pers.), v 9, 26 (בְּחָכְמָה); ψ 49:5 either utter, declare, propound riddle, or open up, expound; have power of speech ψ 38:14; of י׳ giving power of (prophetic) speech Ez 3:27; 33:22, giving speech to ass Nu 22:28 (J); open mouth, to eat Ez 3:2, of earth, to swallow up, Nu 16:32; 26:10, cf. (פֶּה om.) ψ 106:17; open lips, to speak Jb 11:5 (c. עִם pers.), 32:20 (Gi v 21); of י׳ opening man’s lips ψ 51:17, man’s ear Is 50:5 (Assyrian uznâ puttû); of eyes only pt. pass., c. אֶל 1 K 8:29 = 2 Ch 6:20; 1 K 8:52; Ne 1:6; c. לְ 2 Ch 6:40 (by zeugma), 7:15 (all of י׳’s favour); open hand, in giving Dt 15:8, 11 (c. ל pers., + inf. abs.), of י׳ ψ 104:28; 145:16; book Ne 8:5(×2), letter 6:5; open river (channel) Is 41:18 (of י׳), rock, letting out water, ψ 105:41 (id.); open sword, = draw it Ez 21:33 ψ 37:14; of root שָׁרְשִׁי פָתוּחַ אֱלֵי־מָ֑יִם Jb 29:19, i.e. with no obstacle intervening.—תִּפְתַּח אֶרֶץ Is 45:8 is dub.; verb not elsewhere intrans.; Du CheHpt Marti proposes רַחְמָהּ as obj.; Gr Kit (in Di) read תִּפָּתַח. Pf. 3 ms. נִפְתַּח Is 5:27, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִפָּתָח Ez 24:27, יִפָּתֵ֑חַ 44:2 +, etc.; Inf. cstr. הִפָּתֵחַ Is 51:14; Pt. נִפְתָּח Zc 13:1;—be opened, of girdle Is 5:27 (i.e. loosened), cf. of captive 51:14, and, of calamity, Je 1:14 be let loose (c. עַל pers.); gates Na 2:7; 3:13 (of land, thrown open to (ל) enemy), Ez 44:2; 46:1(×2) Ne 7:3; impers. of man shut in by God Jb 12:14; of windows of heaven Gn 7:11 (P), cf. Is 24:13 (of future destruction); the heavens themselves Ez 1:1 (for visions); fountain Zc 13:1; wine(-skin, c. neg.) Jb 32:19; mouth, in speech Ez 24:27; 33:22; ears Is 35:5. Pf. 3 ms. פִּתַּח Jb 30:11 +, פִּתֵּ֑חַ 12:18 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יְפַתַּח Is 28:24, 1 s. אֲפַתֵּחַ Is 45:1, etc.; Inf. abs. פַּתֵּחַ Is 58:6; cstr., id. ψ 102:21; Pt. מְפַתֵּ֑חַ 1 K 20:11;—loose: free, i.e. ungird, camels Gn 24:32 (J): loins of kings Is 45:1 (i.e. disarm them); set free, c. sf. pers. ψ 105:20, Je 40:4 (c. מִן); c. acc. בְּנֵי תְמוּתָה ψ 102:21. loosen (and remove) sack-cloth Is 20:2 (c. מֵעַל), ψ 30:12; armour 1 K 20:11 (obj. om.; opp. חָגַר); bonds Jb 12:18 ψ 116:16, cf. Is 58:6 Jb 39:5; cord 30:11; 38:31; loosen ground Is 28:24 (in tillage); cf. VogelstLandwirthschaft 33, Assyrian puttû). open gates Is 60:11; doors Jb 41:6 (fig. of crocodile’s jaws); ear Is 48:8 (read prob. either פִּתַּחְתִּי, פָּתַחְתִּי \[𝔊 Du Marti\], or נִפְתְּחָה \[Gr Che Kit in Di\]; buds Ct 7:13 (of blossom; obj. om.; or intrans., as sometimes Arabic فَتَّحَ, v. Dozy). Imv. mpl. התפתחו Is 52:2 Kt הִתְפַּתְּחִי (so 𝔊; of personif. Jerus.) loosen thee (Ges§ 54 f) the fetters of thy neck. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 122 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «פָּתַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6605/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 38:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.31/) הַֽ֭תְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנּ֣וֹת כִּימָ֑ה אֽוֹ־מֹשְׁכ֖וֹת כְּסִ֣יל תְּפַתֵּֽחַ׃ *Word for word:* will you.bind.on? the.bonds of.Pleiades or? the.cords of.Orion will.you.loosen *JPS 1917:* Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? [Psalms 39:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.10/) נֶ֭אֱלַמְתִּי לֹ֣א אֶפְתַּח־פִּ֑י כִּ֖י אַתָּ֣ה עָשִֽׂיתָ׃ *Word for word:* I.am.dumb not I.open mouth my (dm) you you.have.acted *JPS 1917:* I am dumb, I open not my mouth; because Thou hast done it. - ← previous: [פְּתוֹר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6604.md) - next →: [פֶּתַח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6607.md) - ↑ back to [פ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1508-4.md)