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title: פִּתְחוֹן — opening · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פִּתְחוֹן (6610), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: opening. BDB 1906: opening. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פִּתְחוֹן

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«פִּתְחוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **opening** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6610 · **BDB:** פִּתְחוֹן

### Glosses

an.opening (1); opening (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

opening [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6610/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

opening [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6610/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] opening;—cstr. פִּתְחוֹן פֶּה opening of mouth in speech or song Ez 16:63; 29:21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פִּתְחוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6610/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 29:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.29.21/)

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בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא אַצְמִ֤יחַ קֶ֙רֶן֙ לְבֵ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּלְךָ֛ אֶתֵּ֥ן פִּתְחֽוֹן־פֶּ֖ה בְּתוֹכָ֑ם וְיָדְע֖וּ כִּי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* on the day (the) that I.will.make.grow a.horn for the.house of.Israel and to you I.will.give opening of.mouth among them and they.will.know (dm).that I \[am\].Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* In that day will I cause a horn to shoot up unto the house of Israel, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.'

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[Ezekiel 16:63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.63/)

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לְמַ֤עַן תִּזְכְּרִי֙ וָבֹ֔שְׁתְּ וְלֹ֨א יִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֥ךְ עוֹד֙ פִּתְח֣וֹן פֶּ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י כְּלִמָּתֵ֑ךְ בְּכַפְּרִי־לָךְ֙ לְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔ית נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* so.that you.may.remember and you.will.be.ashamed and not it.will.belong to you again an.opening of.mouth because of disgrace your when I make.atonement for you for all that you.have.done the.utterance Lord of.\[the\] Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame; when I have forgiven thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.'

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