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title: פָּתִיל — cord · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּתִיל (6616), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: cord. BDB 1906: n.m. cord, thread. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּתִיל

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«פָּתִיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cord** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 6616 · **BDB:** פָּתִיל

### Glosses

a.cord (7); (the).cord (1); cord (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cord [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6616/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. cord, thread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6616/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.Ju 16:9 cord, thread (twisted);—abs. פ׳ Nu 19:15; cstr. פְּתִיל Ju 16:9 +; sf. פְּתִילֶךָ֑ Gn 38:18; pl. פְּתִילִים v 25, פְּתִילִם Ex 39:3;—cord (from which seal was hung) Gn 38:18, 25 (J), פ׳ נְעֹרֶת Ju 16:9 (sim.), פ׳ פִּשְׁתִּים Ez 40:3 (as measuring line); פ׳ תְּכֵלֶת, for fastening, Ex 28:28, 37; 39:21, 31; Nu 15:38, cf. פָּתִיל alone 19:15 (perhaps gloss, v. Di); threads (of gold) in ephold Ex 39:3 (all P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 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 «פָּתִיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6616/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 19:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.19.15/)

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וְכֹל֙ כְּלִ֣י פָת֔וּחַ אֲשֶׁ֛ר אֵין־צָמִ֥יד פָּתִ֖יל עָלָ֑יו טָמֵ֖א הֽוּא׃

*Word for word:* and every vessel open which there.\[is\].not a.cover a.cord on it \[is\].unclean it

*JPS 1917:* And every open vessel, which hath no covering close-bound upon it, is unclean.

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[Exodus 28:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.37/)

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וְשַׂמְתָּ֤ אֹתוֹ֙ עַל־פְּתִ֣יל תְּכֵ֔לֶת וְהָיָ֖ה עַל־הַמִּצְנָ֑פֶת אֶל־מ֥וּל פְּנֵֽי־הַמִּצְנֶ֖פֶת יִהְיֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.put it on a.cord of.violet.stuff and it.will.be on the turban to the.front of.the.face of the.turban it.will.be

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt put it on a thread of blue, and it shall be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.

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