Lexical Definition

‎פָּסַח‎ pâçach (paw-sakh') to pass ^H:V
a primitive root

halt, become lame, leap, pass over.

• to hop, i.e. (figuratively) skip over (or spare)
• by implication, to hesitate
• also (literally) to limp, to dance

1) to pass over, spring over
1a) (Qal) to pass over
1b) (Piel) to skip, pass over
2) to limp
2a) (Qal) to limp
2b) (Niphal) to be lame
2c) (Piel) to limp

See Greek: παρέρχομαι · περιποιέομαι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎פָּסַח‎ verb pass or spring over; —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Exod 12:27, ‎׳‎‎וּפ‎ consecutive V:23 (J); 1 singular ‎וּפָסַחְתִּ֫י‎ vExod 12:13 (P), all with ‎עַל‎, of ‎׳‎‎י‎ passing over (sparing) houses of Israel; Infinitive absolute ‎פָּסוֺחַ‎ Isa 31:5 a passing over (SC. ‎עַליְֿרוּשָׁלַםִ‎).

II. [‎פָּסַח‎] verb limp (Thes below I. ‎׳‎‎פ‎ but dubious; Arabic is dislocate; according to Gerber⁷³ II. ‎׳‎‎פ‎ is denominative from ‎פִּסֵּחַ‎ [and this below I. ‎׳‎‎פ‎?]); —

Qal Participle plural ‎פֹּסְחִים עַלשְֿׁתֵּי הַסְּעַפִּים‎ 1Kgs 18:21 figurative (see [ ‎סְעִפָּה‎]). Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיִּפֹּל וַיִּפָּסֵחַ‎ 2Sam 4:4 and he fell and was made limping (lame). Pi`el Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎וַיְפַסְּחוּ עַלהַֿמִּזְבֵּחַ‎ 1Kgs 18:26 they went limping (along by the altar), i.e. probably in their dance, see Kit Pietschm^{Phön. 220} (Gr ‎ויפסעו‎ [ = ‎וַיִּפְשְׂעוּ‎] stepped).

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