Lexical Definition

‎פַּח‎ pach (pakh) snare ^H:N-M
from ‎פָּחַח‎

gin, (thin) plate, snare.

• a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin)
• also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)

1) bird trap, trap, snare
1a) bird trap (literal)
1b) of calamities, plots, source or agent of calamity (fig.)
2) plate (of metal)

See Greek: λεπίς · παγίς · τράπεζα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: פֶּחָם

I. ‎פַּח‎ noun masculine^{Ps 124:7} bird-trap (compare Wilkinson^{Egyptians (1878) ii, 103, 109 f.} Dr^{Amos 3:5} Hoffm^{ZAW iii (1883), 101}); **compare also Baldensperger^{PEF 1905, 38} (pahµ used now of a trap with a net). — ‎׳‎‎פ‎ absolute Hos 5:1 +, ‎פָּ֑ךְ‎ Jer 48:44 +; construct ‎פַּךְ‎ Hos 9:8 +; plural ‎פַּחִים‎ Jer 18:22 +; —

1. literal ‎׳‎‎יַעֲלֶה פ‎ Amos 3:5b (as metaphor; v:a strike out ‎׳‎‎פ‎), Prov 7:23; Eccl 9:12 (with ‎אָחוּז‎; both in simile).

2. usually figurative (sometimes || ‎מוֺקֵשׁ‎, ‎רֶשֶׁת‎, ‎צַמִּים‎):
a. of calamities and plots, ‎יָקוֺשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Hos 9:8, compare Ps 91:3; Ps 124:7 ‎׳‎‎פ‎ alone Jer 48:43 = Isa 24:17; Job 22:10; Ps 124:7; Prov 22:5 ‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎טָמַן פ‎ Jer 18:22; Ps 140:6*; Ps 142:4* ‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎נָחַן פ‎ Ps 119:110, ‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎יָקַשׁ פ‎ Ps 141:9 ‎׳‎‎יאֹחֵז בְּעָקֵב פ‎ Job 18:9 ‎׳‎‎יִלָּכֵד בֵּפּ‎ Jer 48:44 = Isa 24:18.
b. = source or agent of calamity Hos 5:1; Josh 23:13 (D), Isa 8:14; Ps 69:23*. — Ps 11:6 see ‎פֶּחָם‎. below

II. [‎פַּח‎] noun [masculine] plate of metal; plural ‎רִקֻּעֵי‎ ‎פַחִים‎ Num 17:3* construct ‎וַיְרַקְּעוּ אֶתפַּֿחֵי הַזָּהָב‎ Exod 39:3.

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