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title: פְּתִיחָה — drawn · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּתִיחָה (6609), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: drawn. BDB 1906: drawn sword. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּתִיחָה

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«פְּתִיחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **drawn** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6609 · **BDB:** פְּתִיחָה

### Glosses

\[were\].drawn.swords (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

drawn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6609/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

drawn sword [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6609/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** drawn sword;—pl. פְּתִחוֹת ψ 55:22 (fig. of words; cf. Ez 21:33 ψ 37:14).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פְּתִיחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6609/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 55:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.55.22/)

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חָלְק֤וּ ׀ מַחְמָאֹ֣ת פִּיו֮ וּֽקֲרָב־לִ֫בּ֥וֹ רַכּ֖וּ דְבָרָ֥יו מִשֶּׁ֗מֶן וְהֵ֣מָּה פְתִחֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* they.were.smooth the.creamy.things his.mouth his and.\[was\] war heart his they.were.soft words his more than.oil and they \[were\].drawn.swords

*JPS 1917:* Smoother than cream were the speeches of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet were they keen-edged swords.

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