1) to open 1a) (Qal) to open 1b) (Niphal) to be opened, be let loose, be thrown open 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to free 1c2) to loosen 1c3) to open, open oneself 1d) (Hithpael) to loose oneself Aramaic equivalent: pe.tach (פְּתַח "to open" H6606)
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H6605 — פָּתַח
pa.tach · to open · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 7:11 · נִפְתָּֽחוּ׃In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.Genesis 8:6 · וַיִּפְתַּ֣חAnd it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:Genesis 24:32 · וַיְפַתַּ֖חAnd the man came into the house, and he ungirded the camels; and he gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men that were with him.Genesis 29:31 · וַיִּפְתַּ֖חAnd Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.Genesis 30:22 · וַיִּפְתַּ֖חAnd God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.Genesis 41:56 · וַיִּפְתַּ֨חAnd the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt.Genesis 42:27 · וַיִּפְתַּ֨חAnd as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging-place, he espied his money; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.Genesis 43:21 · וַֽנִּפְתְּחָה֙and it came to pass, when we came to the lodging-place, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.Genesis 44:11 · וַֽיִּפְתְּח֖וּThen they hasted, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.Exodus 2:6 · וַתִּפְתַּח֙And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.Exodus 21:33 · יִפְתַּ֨חAnd if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein,Exodus 28:9 · וּפִתַּחְתָּ֣And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:Exodus 28:11 · תְּפַתַּח֙With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be inclosed in settings of gold.Exodus 28:36 · וּפִתַּחְתָּ֤And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO JEHOVAH.Exodus 39:6 · מְפֻתָּחֹת֙And they wrought the onyx stones, inclosed in settings of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.Numbers 16:32 · וַתִּפְתַּ֤חand the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.Numbers 19:15 · פָת֔וּחַAnd every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.Numbers 22:28 · וַיִּפְתַּ֥חAnd Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?Numbers 26:10 · וַתִּפְתַּ֨חand the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.Deuteronomy 15:8 · פָתֹ֧חַ · תִּפְתַּ֛חbut thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.Deuteronomy 15:11 · פָּ֠תֹחַ · תִּפְתַּ֨חFor the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.Deuteronomy 20:11 · וּפָתְחָ֖הAnd it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee.Deuteronomy 28:12 · יִפְתַּ֣חJehovah will open unto thee his good treasure the heavens, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.Joshua 8:17 · פְּתוּחָ֔הAnd there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.Joshua 10:22 · פִּתְח֖וּThen said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings unto me out of the cave.Judges 3:25 · פֹתֵ֖חַ · וַיִּפְתָּ֔חוּAnd they tarried till they were ashamed; and, behold, he opened not the doors of the upper room: therefore they took the key, and opened them, and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.Judges 4:19 · וַתִּפְתַּ֞חAnd he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.Judges 19:27 · וַיִּפְתַּח֙And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands upon the threshold.1 Samuel 3:15 · וַיִּפְתַּ֖חAnd Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Jehovah. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.1 Kings 7:36 · וַיְפַתַּ֤חAnd on the plates of the stays thereof, and on the panels thereof, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm-trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about.1 Kings 8:29 · פְתֻח֜וֹתthat thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place whereof thou hast said, My name shall be there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place.1 Kings 8:52 · פְתֻחוֹת֙that thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them whensoever they cry unto thee.1 Kings 20:11 · כִּמְפַתֵּֽחַ׃And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armor boast himself as he that putteth it off.2 Kings 9:3 · וּפָתַחְתָּ֥Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith Jehovah, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.2 Kings 9:10 · וַיִּפְתַּ֥חAnd the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.2 Kings 13:17 · פְּתַ֧ח · וַיִּפְתָּ֑חAnd he said, Open the window eastward; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot; and he shot. And he said, Jehovah’s arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.2 Kings 15:16 · פָתַ֖חThen Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the borders thereof, from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.2 Chronicles 2:7 · לְפַתֵּ֣חַNow therefore send me a man skilful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that knoweth how to grave all manner of gravings, to be with the skilful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.2 Chronicles 2:14 · וּלְפַתֵּ֙חַ֙the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to grave any manner of graving, and to devise any device; that there may be a place appointed unto him with thy skilful men, and with the skilful men of my lord David thy father.2 Chronicles 3:7 · וּפִתַּ֥חHe overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.2 Chronicles 6:20 · פְתֻח֜וֹתthat thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place.2 Chronicles 6:40 · פְּתֻח֔וֹתNow, O my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.2 Chronicles 7:15 · פְתֻח֔וֹתNow mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.2 Chronicles 29:3 · פָּתַ֛חHe in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and repaired them.Nehemiah 1:6 · פְתֻוּח֟וֹתlet thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father’s house have sinned:Nehemiah 6:5 · פְּתוּחָ֖הThen sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,Nehemiah 7:3 · יִפָּֽתְח֞וּAnd I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand on guard, let them shut the doors, and bar ye them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.Nehemiah 8:5 · וַיִּפְתַּ֨ח · וּכְפִתְח֖וֹAnd Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up.Nehemiah 13:19 · יִפְתָּח֔וּםAnd it came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.Job 3:1 · פָּתַ֤חAfter this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.Job 11:5 · וְיִפְתַּ֖חBut oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee,Job 12:14 · יִפָּתֵֽחַ׃Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.Job 12:18 · פִּתֵּ֑חַHe looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.Job 29:19 · פָת֣וּחַMy root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch;Job 30:11 · פִ֭תַּחFor he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me; And they have cast off the bridle before me.Job 31:32 · אֶפְתָּֽח׃(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);Job 32:19 · יִפָּתֵ֑חַBehold, my breast is as wine which hath no vent; Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst.Job 32:20 · אֶפְתַּ֖חI will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.Job 33:2 · פָּתַ֣חְתִּיBehold now, I have opened my mouth; My tongue hath spoken in my mouth.Job 38:31 · תְּפַתֵּֽחַ׃Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?Job 39:5 · פִתֵּֽחַ׃Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,Job 41:14 · פִתֵּ֑חַWho can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.Psalm 5:9 · פָּת֥וּחַFor there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.Psalm 30:11 · פִּתַּ֥חְתָּThou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;Psalm 37:14 · פָּֽתְח֣וּThe wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.Psalm 38:13 · יִפְתַּח־But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.Psalm 39:9 · אֶפְתַּח־I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.Psalm 49:4 · אֶפְתַּ֥חI will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.Psalm 51:15 · תִּפְתָּ֑חO Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.Psalm 78:2 · אֶפְתְּחָ֣הI will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,Psalm 78:23 · פָּתָֽח׃Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;Psalm 102:20 · לְ֝פַתֵּ֗חַTo hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;Psalm 104:28 · תִּפְתַּ֥חThou givest unto them, they gather; Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good.Psalm 105:20 · וַֽיְפַתְּחֵֽהוּ׃The king sent and loosed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.Psalm 105:41 · פָּ֣תַחHe opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places like a river.Psalm 106:17 · תִּפְתַּח־The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.Psalm 109:2 · פָּתָ֑חוּFor the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.Psalm 116:16 · פִּ֝תַּ֗חְתָּO Jehovah, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bonds.Psalm 118:19 · פִּתְחוּ־Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter into them, I will give thanks unto Jehovah.Psalm 145:16 · פּוֹתֵ֥חַThou openest thy hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.Proverbs 24:7 · יִפְתַּח־Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.Proverbs 31:8 · פְּתַח־Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.Proverbs 31:9 · פְּתַח־Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.Proverbs 31:26 · פָּתְחָ֣הShe openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue.Song of Solomon 5:2 · פִּתְחִי־I was asleep, but my heart waked: It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.Song of Solomon 5:5 · לִפְתֹּ֣חַI rose up to open to my beloved; And my hands dropped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, Upon the handles of the bolt.Song of Solomon 5:6 · פָּתַ֤חְתִּֽיI opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul had failed me when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.Song of Solomon 7:12 · פִּתַּ֣חLet us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine hath budded, And its blossom is open, And the pomegranates are in flower: There will I give thee my love.Isaiah 5:27 · נִפְתַּח֙None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:Isaiah 14:17 · פָ֥תַחthat made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?Isaiah 20:2 · וּפִתַּחְתָּ֤at that time Jehovah spake by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.Isaiah 22:22 · וּפָתַח֙ · פֹּתֵֽחַ׃And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.Isaiah 24:18 · נִפְתָּ֔חוּAnd it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.Isaiah 26:2 · פִּתְח֖וּOpen ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth faith may enter in.Isaiah 28:24 · יְפַתַּ֥חDoth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he continually open and harrow his ground?Isaiah 35:5 · תִּפָּתַֽחְנָה׃Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.Isaiah 41:18 · אֶפְתַּ֤חI will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.Isaiah 45:1 · אֲפַתֵּ֑חַ · לִפְתֹּ֤חַThus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:Isaiah 45:8 · תִּפְתַּח־Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it.Isaiah 48:8 · פִתְּחָ֣הYea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.Isaiah 50:5 · פָּתַֽח־The Lord Jehovah hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.Isaiah 51:14 · לְהִפָּתֵ֑חַThe captive exile shall speedily be loosed; and he shall not die and go down into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.Isaiah 52:2 · הִֽתְפַּתְּחִי֙Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit on thy throne, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bonds of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.Isaiah 53:7 · יִפְתַּח־ · יִפְתַּ֖חHe was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.Isaiah 58:6 · פַּתֵּ֙חַ֙Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?Isaiah 60:11 · וּפִתְּח֨וּThy gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the wealth of the nations, and their kings led captive.Jeremiah 1:14 · תִּפָּתַ֣חThen Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.Jeremiah 5:16 · פָּת֑וּחַTheir quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.Jeremiah 13:19 · פֹּתֵ֑חַThe cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them: Judah is carried away captive, all of it; it is wholly carried away captive.Jeremiah 40:4 · פִתַּחְתִּ֣יךָAnd now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which are upon thy hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will look well unto thee; but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee; whither it seemeth good and right unto thee to go, thither go.Jeremiah 50:25 · פָּתַ֤חJehovah hath opened his armory, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, hath a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.Jeremiah 50:26 · פִּתְח֣וּCome against her from the utmost border; open her store-houses; cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left.Daniel 10:16 · וָאֶפְתַּח־And, behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I retain no strength.Amos 8:5 · וְנִפְתְּחָה־saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;Nahum 2:6 · נִפְתָּ֑חוּThe gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.Nahum 3:13 · פָּת֥וֹחַ · נִפְתְּח֖וּBehold, thy people in the midst of thee are women; the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire hath devoured thy bars.Zechariah 3:9 · מְפַתֵּ֣חַFor, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; upon one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.Zechariah 11:1 · פְּתַ֥חOpen thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.Zechariah 13:1 · נִפְתָּ֔חIn that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.Malachi 3:10 · אֶפְתַּ֣חBring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.