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title: פָּתַח — engrave · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּתַח (lemma:פָּתַח), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: engrave. BDB 1906: vb. engrave. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּתַח

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«פָּתַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **engrave** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** lemma:פָּתַח · **BDB:** פָּתַח²

### Glosses

you.will.engrave (3); engrave (2); he.engraved (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

engrave [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5ea_5b7_5d7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. engrave [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5ea_5b7_5d7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. engrave (NH Pi. id., פִּתּוּחַ = BH, and so 𝔗; Assyrian patâḫu, bore, penetrate; cf. perhaps Arabic فَتَخَةٌ, فَتْخَةٌ ring (cf. Frä 252));—Pf. 3 ms. פִּתַּח 2 Ch 3:7, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. וַיְפַתַּח 1 K 7:36; 2 ms. תְּפַתַּח Ex 28:11; Inf. cstr. לְפַתֵּחַ 2 Ch 2:6, 13; Pt. מְפַתֵּחַ Zc 3:9;—engrave, c. acc. + עַל, on metal 1 K 7:36 2 Ch 3:7; Ex 28:36 (acc. cogn. פִּתּוּחֵי חוֹתָם), on stone v 9; c. acc. אֶבֶן + acc. cogn. v 11 (all P); c. acc. cogn. only, Zc 3:9 (on stone), and, in gen., 2 Ch 2:6, 13. Pt. fpl. מְפֻתָּחֹת פִּתּוּחֵי חוֹתָם Ex 39:6 (P) stones engraved with the engravings of a signet.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5ea_5b7_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 28:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.9/)

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וְלָ֣קַחְתָּ֔ אֶת־שְׁתֵּ֖י אַבְנֵי־שֹׁ֑הַם וּפִתַּחְתָּ֣ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם שְׁמ֖וֹת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.take (et) two stones of.onyx and you.will.engrave on them the.names of.the.sons of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

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[Exodus 28:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.36/)

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וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ צִּ֖יץ זָהָ֣ב טָה֑וֹר וּפִתַּחְתָּ֤ עָלָיו֙ פִּתּוּחֵ֣י חֹתָ֔ם קֹ֖דֶשׁ לַֽיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.make a.plate of.gold pure and you.will.engrave on it \[the\].engravings of.a.seal holiness to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and engrave upon it, like the engravings of a signet: HOLY TO THE LORD.

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