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title: פָּתָה — be spacious · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּתָה (lemma:פָּתָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be spacious. BDB 1906: vb. be spacious, wide, open Pi. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּתָה

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«פָּתָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be spacious** — 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:** lemma:פָּתָה · **BDB:** פָּתָה

### Glosses

may.he.make.spacious (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be spacious [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5ea_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be spacious, wide, open Pi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5ea_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be spacious, wide, open (Aramaic פְּתָא be spacious, ܦܬܳܐ be spacious, abundant; cf. Arabic فَتُوَ, فَتِىَ, be youthful, in prime of life, فَتًى young man, one in prime of life (development of various meanings from √ not wholly clear, cf. NöZMG xi (1886). 735));— Pt. פֹּתֶה Pr 20:19 poss. one open as to lips, but v. פָּתָה denom. infr. Impf. 3 ms. juss. יַפְתְּ א׳ לְיֶפֶת Gn 9:27 may God make wide for Japhet (give him an extensive inheritance).—Pf. poss. Pr 24:28 (reading וְהִפְתִּיתָ בִּשְׂפָתֶ֑יךָ; make wide with (open wide) thy lips, for MT וַהֲפִתִּיתָ בִּשׂ׳, so SS; but cf. פָּתָה denom. Pi.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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 «פָּתָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5ea_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 9:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.9.27/)

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יַ֤פְתְּ אֱלֹהִים֙ לְיֶ֔פֶת וְיִשְׁכֹּ֖ן בְּאָֽהֳלֵי־שֵׁ֑ם וִיהִ֥י כְנַ֖עַן עֶ֥בֶד לָֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* may.he.make.spacious God (to) Japheth and let.him.dwell in the.tents of.Shem and let.him.be Canaan a.slave his

*JPS 1917:* God enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be their servant.

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