Lexical Definition

‎פַּחַת‎ pachath (pakh'-ath) pit ^H:N-M
probably from an unused root apparently meaning to dig

hole, pit, snare.

• a pit, especially forcatching animals

1) pit, hole

See Greek: βόθυνος · χάσμα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פַּ֫חַת‎ noun masculine^{2Sam 18:17} (in 2Sam 17:9 read ‎בְּאַחַד‎) pit; — ‎׳‎‎פ‎ absolute Jer 48:43 +, ‎פָּ֑חַת‎ vJer 48:28 plural ‎פְּחָתִים‎ 2Sam 17:9 — pit, 2Sam 17:9; 2Sam 18:17; Jer 48:28 (Gie question text); figurative of calamity ‎וָפָ֑ח‎ ‎׳‎‎פַּחַד וָפ‎ Jer 48:43 compare vJer 48:44 vJer 48:44 = Isa 24:17 compare vIsa 24:18 vIsa 24:18 and Lam 3:47.

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