† I. פָּתַח verb open (Late Hebrew 
id.; Phoenician 
פתח; Assyrian 
pitû, patû; Sabean 
פתח Os
ZMG xix (1865), 197; Arabic 

; Ethiopic 

; Aramaic 
H6606 פְּתַח, 

; Nabataean, Palmyrene 
פתח); — 
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular פ׳ 2 Kings 15:16 +, etc.; 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִפְתַּח Exodus 21:33 +; 
3rd person masculine plural suffix 
יִפְתָּחוּם Nehemiah 13:19, etc.; 
Imperative masculine singular פְּתַחִ 2 Kings 13:17 +; 
feminine singular פִּתְחִי Songs 5:2; 
masculine plural פִּתְחוּ Joshua 10:22 +; 
Infinitive absolute פָּתֹחַ Deuteronomy 15:8 +; construct 
לִפְתֹּחַ Ezekiel 21:27 [
Ezekiel 21:22] +; 
Participle active פֹּתֵחַ Judges 3:25 +; 
passive פָּתוּחַ Jeremiah 5:16 +, etc.; — 
open sack, 
שַׂק, 
Genesis 42:27 (E), 
אַמְתַּחַת Genesis 43:21; 
Genesis 44:11 (J), skin-bottle (
נאוד). 
Judges 4:19, hamper (
תֵּדָה) 
Exodus 2:6 (E), pit (
בּוֺר) 
Exodus 21:33 (E; i.e. uncover it), mouth (
פִּי) of cave 
Joshua 10:22 (JE), grave 
Ezekiel 37:12, 
Ezekiel 37:13 (to bring forth dead), compare (in figurative) 
Jeremiah 5:16; 
Psalm 5:10 [
Psalm 5:9]; 
כְּלִי פָתוּחַ Numbers 19:15; (P) 
open vessel; door (
דֶּלֶת; sometimes opposed to 
סָגַר) 
Judges 3:25 + 
Judges 3:25 (object omitted), 
Judges 19:27; 
1 Samuel 3:15; 
2 Kings 9:3, 
2 Kings 9:10; 
2 Chronicles 29:3; 
Job 31:32 (about
ל person); figurative of Lebanon 
Zechariah 11:1; 
דַּלתֵי שָׁמַיִם Psalm 78:23 (of 
י׳, sending rain); 
ד׳ = city-gates 
Nehemiah 13:19; 
Isaiah 45:1(|| 
שְׁעָרִים; 
י׳ subject, with 
לפְנֵי); 
ד׳ omitted 
Songs 5:2, 
Songs 5:5, 
Songs 5:6; gate (
שַׁעַר), of land 
Nahum 3:13 (Infinitive absolute + Imperfect 
Niph. which see), compare 
Ezekiel 25:9, 
שׁער of temple (- court) 
Ezekiel 46:12 (with 
ל, person), 
Psalm 118:19 (
id.), city 
Isaiah 26:2, object omitted 
Deuteronomy 20:11; 
2 Kings 15:16; window, 
חַלּוֺן, 
2 Kings 13:17 (twice in verse),
אֲרֻבּוֺת הַשָׁמַיִם (by 
י׳ sending rain) 
Genesis 8:6 (J), 
Malachi 3:10; city 
Jeremiah 13:19, 
פְּתוּחָה עִיר Joshua 8:17 (JE); absolute 
וְלאֹ סגר פ׳ Isaiah 22:22 (twice in verse); — 
Isaiah 14:17 is dubious, Gr Perles
Anal. 28. 42 Kit (in Di) read 
לַאֲסִירָיו לאֹפֿ׳ בֵּיתהַֿכֶּלֶא; > Bu Che Marti 
אִישׁ פִּתַּח לֹא אֲסִירָיו לְבֵיתוֺ; storehouse, armoury 
Genesis 41:56; 
Jeremiah 50:25 (of 
י׳), 
Jeremiah 50:26 (for destruction), figurative of sky, for rain 
Deuteronomy 28:12 (with 
ל person; of 
י׳), compare 
open בָּ֑ר, expose for sale, 
Amos 8:5; 
open womb, i.e. grant offspring 
Genesis 29:31; 
Genesis 30:22 (J); 
open mouth (
פֶּה) to cry, speak 
Ezekiel 21:27; 
Job 3:1; 
Daniel 10:16, hence = speak 
Isaiah 53:7 (twice in verse); 
Job 33:2; 
Psalm 39:10 [
Psalm 39:9]; 
Psalm 78:2 (
בְּמָשָׁל), 
Psalm 109:2 (with 
עַל person), 
Proverbs 24:7; 
Proverbs 31:8 (with 
ל person), 
Proverbs 31:9; 
Proverbs 31:26 (
בְּחָכְמָה); 
Psalm 49:5 [
Psalm 49:4] either 
utter, declare, propound riddle, or 
open up, expound; have power of speech 
Psalm 38:14 [
Psalm 38:13]; of 
י׳ giving power of (prophetic) speech 
Ezekiel 3:27; 
Ezekiel 33:22, giving speech to ass 
Numbers 22:28 (J); 
open mouth, to eat 
Ezekiel 3:2, of earth, to swallow up, 
Numbers 16:32: 
Numbers 26:10, compare (
פֶּה omitted) 
Psalm 106:17; 
open lips, to speak 
Job 11:5 (with 
עִם person), 
Job 32:20 (Gi 
Job 32:21); of 
י׳ opening man's lips 
Psalm 51:17 [
Psalm 51:15], man's ear 
Isaiah 50:5 (Assyrian 
uznâ puttû); of eyes only passive participle, with 
אֶל 1 Kings 8:29 2 Chronicles 6:20; 
1 Kings 8:52; 
Nehemiah 1:6, with 
ל 2 Chronicles 6:40 (by zeugma), 
2 Chronicles 7:15 (all of 
י׳'s favour); 
open hand, in giving 
Deuteronomy 15:8, 
Deuteronomy 15:11 (with 
ל person, + infinitive absolute), of 
י׳ Psalm 104:28; 
Psalm 145:16; book 
Nehemiah 8:5 (twice in verse), letter 
Nehemiah 6:5; 
open river (channel) 
Isaiah 41:18 (of 
י׳), rock, letting out water, 
Psalm 105:41 (
id.); 
open sword, = draw it 
Ezekiel 21:33 [
Ezekiel 21:28]; 
Psalm 37:14; of root 
שָׁרְשִׁי פָתוּחַ אֱלֵימָֿ֑יִם Job 29:19, i.e. with no obstacle intervening. — 
תִּפְתַּח אֶרֶץ Isaiah 45:8 is dubious; verb not elsewhere intransitive; Du Che
Hpt Marti proposes 
רַחְמָהּ as object; Gr Kit (in Di) read 
תִּפָּתַח. 
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִפְתַּח Isaiah 5:27, etc.; 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִפָּתַח Ezekiel 24:27, 
יִפָּתֵ֑חַ Ezekiel 44:2 +, etc.; 
Infinitive construct הִפָּתֵחַ Isaiah 51:14; 
Participle נִפְתָּח Zechariah 13:1; — 
be opend, of girdle 
Isaiah 5:27 (i.e. loosened), compare of captive 
Isaiah 51:14, and, of calamity, 
Jeremiah 1:14 be let loose (with 
עַל person); gates 
Nahum 2:7 [
Nahum 2:6]; 
Nahum 3:13 (of land, 
thrown open to (
ל) enemy), 
Ezekiel 44:2; 
Ezekiel 46:1 (twice in verse); 
Nehemiah 7:3; impersonal of man shut in by God 
Job 12:14; of windows of heaven 
Genesis 7:11 (P), compare 
Isaiah 24:18 (of future destruction); the heavens themselves 
Ezekiel 1:1 (for visions); fountain 
Zechariah 13:1; wine (-skin, with negative) 
Job 32:19; mouth, in speech Job 24:27 ; 
Job 33:2 ; ears 
Isaiah 35:5. 
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular פִּתַּח Job 30:11 +, 
פִּתֵּ֑חַ Job 12:18 +, etc.; 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְפַתַּח; 
Isaiah 28:24, 
1st person singular אֲפַתֵּחַ Isaiah 45:1, etc.; — 
Infinitive abs פַּתֵּחַ Isaiah 58:6 construct, 
id. Psalm 102:21 [
Psalm 102:20]; 
Participle מְפַתֵּ֑חַ 1 Kings 20:11; — 
loose: 
    3. open gates 
Isaiah 60:11, doors 
Job 41:6 [
Job 41:14] (figurative of crocodile's jaws); ear 
Isaiah 48:8 (read probably either 
פִּתַּחְתִּי, 
פָּתַחְתִּי [

 Du Marti], or 
נִפְתְּחָה [Gr Che Kit in Di]; buds 
Songs 7:13 [
Songs 7:12] (of blossom; object omitted; or intransitive, as sometimes Arabic 

 see Dozy).
 
Hithp. Imperative masculine plural 
התפתחו Isaiah 52:2 Kt < Qr 
feminine singular הִתְפַּתְּחִי (so 

; of personified Jerusalem) 
loosen thee (Ges
§ 54 f) 
the fetters of thy neck. 
II. [
פָּתַח] 
verb 
Pi. engrave (Late Hebrew Pi. 
id., 
פִּתּוּחַ = Biblical Hebrew, and so 

; Assyrian 
patâḫu, 
bore, 
penetrate; compare perhaps Arabic 

, 
 ring
 ring (compare Frä
252)); — 
Perfect 3rd person masculine singular פִּתַּח 2 Chronicles 3:7, etc.; 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיְפַתַּח 1 Kings 7:36; 
2nd person masculine singular תְּפַתַּח Exodus 28:11; 
Infinitive construct לְפַתֵּחַ 2 Chronicles 2:6 [
2 Chronicles 2:7]; 
2 Chronicles 2:13 [
2 Chronicles 2:13]; 
Participle מְפַתֵּחַ Zechariah 3:9; — 
engrave, with accusative + 
על, on metal 
1 Kings 7:36; 
2 Chronicles 3:7; 
Exodus 28:36 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb 
חוֺתָם פִּתּוּחֵי), on stone 
Exodus 28:9; with accusative 
אֶבֶן + accusative of congnate meaning with verb 
Exodus 28:11(all P); with accusative of congnate meaning with verb only, 
Zechariah 3:9 (on stone), and, in general, 
2 Chronicles 2:6; 
2 Chronicles 2:13. 
Pu. Participle feminine plural חוֹתָם פִּתּוּתֵי מְפֻתָּחֹת Exodus 39:9  (P) 
stones engraved with the engravings of signet.
														
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