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פָּתַח — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: פָּתַח

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פָּתַח

pātaḥ

open

פָּתַח vb. open

Qal open sack

Niph. be opened

Pi. be opened

1. free, i.e. ungird, camels

2. loosen (and remove) sack-cloth

3. open gates, doors

Hithp. loosen thee the fetters of thy neck

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.