Lexical Definition
פֹּת pôth (pohth) hinge H:N-F
or פֹּתָה pôthâh (po-thaw'); (Ezekiel 13:19), from an unused root meaning to open
hinge, secret participle
- a hole, i.e. hinge or the female pudenda
1) sockets, hinges, secret parts (meaning dubious)
1a) sockets
1b) secret parts
See Greek: σχῆμα
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[פֹּת] noun [feminine] plural הַפֹּתוֺת לְדַלְתוֺת הַבַּיִת 1Kgs 7:50 i.e. probably the sockets above and below, in which the door-pivots turned (performing office of modern hinges); singular suffix פֳּתְהֵן Isa 3:17 (Ges«GKC:91f»§ 91f), probably, si vera lectio, their secret parts, cardo femina (so Thes and most); but read perhaps חֶרְפַּתְהֵן BachmSK. 1894, 650 Kit (in Di) Marti; > פִּאַתְהֵן StaZAW vi (1886), 336, compare ᵑ9 Di. פְּתָאיִם see I. פֶּ֫תִי below I. פתה. belowפִּתְאֹם see פֶּתַע.
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| 1 Kings | 7:50 |
| Isaiah | 3:17 |