פָּצָה
pa.tsah
to open
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "pa.tsah" (H6475) means "to open". This physical action can be applied to various contexts, such as opening doors, gates, or windows. Its semantic domain is focused on physical action, indicating that the word is primarily used to describe tangible, concrete actions. The word "pa.tsah" is used 15 times in the Bible, suggesting that it holds significance in the narrative and themes of the text. Its range of usage is not limited to descriptive phrases, but also appears in commands, such as "open the gates" or "open the door". This implies that the word is not only used to describe actions, but also to instruct or command others to perform them. The significance of "pa.tsah" lies in its ability to convey a sense of access, entry, or initiation. When something is opened, it becomes accessible, and new possibilities emerge. This word may be used in contexts where a character is entering a new space, physically or metaphorically, and is an important part of the narrative's progression.
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Occurrences in Scripture
15 total occurrences across the text
They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.
Psalms 66:14which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.
Psalms 144:7Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners,
Psalms 144:10You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
Psalms 144:11Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Isaiah 10:14My hand has found the riches of the peoples like a nest, and like one gathers eggs that are abandoned, I have gathered all the earth. There was no one who moved their wing, or that opened their mouth, or chirped.”
Lamentations 2:16All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we looked for. We have found it. We have seen it.”
Lamentations 3:46“All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
Ezekiel 2:8But you, son of man, hear what I tell you. Don’t be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth, and eat that which I give you.”
Job 35:16Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”
Genesis 4:11Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
Numbers 16:30But if Yahweh makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up with all that belong to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh.”
Deuteronomy 11:6and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben—how the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households, their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the middle of all Israel;
Judges 11:35When he saw her, he tore his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Yahweh, and I can’t go back.”
Judges 11:36She said to him, “My father, you have opened your mouth to Yahweh; do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth, because Yahweh has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, even on the children of Ammon.”