Lexical Definition

‎פֶּתַח‎ pethach (peh'-thakh) entrance ^H:N-M
from ‎פָּתַח‎

door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.

• an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way

1) opening, doorway, entrance

See Greek: αὐλή · εἴσοδος · θύρα · θυρίς · πύλη · πυλών

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פֶּ֫תַח‎₁₆₄ noun masculine^{Ezek 8:8} (feminine 2Sam 17:9 but We reads ‎אַחַד‎ for ‎אַחַת‎, and so Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 86}) opening, doorway, entrance; — absolute ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Gen 4:7 +, ‎פָּ֑תַח‎ Gen 19:11 +, ‎הַפֶּ֫תְחָה‎ vGen 19:6 construct ‎פֶּתַח‎ Gen 18:1 +; suffix ‎פִּתְחוֺ‎ Prov 17:19, ‎פִּתְחָהּ‎ Ezek 40:38 plural ‎פְּתָחִים‎ 1Kgs 7:5; Prov 8:3 construct ‎פִּתְחֵי‎ Ps 24:7 +; suffix ‎פְּתָחָ֑י‎, Prov 8:34, etc.; — door-way of nomad's tent, ‎הָאֹהֶל‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Gen 18:1; Gen 18:2; Gen 18:10(J), Exod 33:8; Exod 33:10 (E), Num 11:10; Num 16:27(JE), Judg 4:20,compare(without ‎הָאֹהֶל‎) Gen 4:7 (in figurative), Job 31:9; Job 31:34 of sacred tent, ‎הָאֹהָל‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Exod 33:9; Exod 33:10; Num 12:5(E), Num 26:36; Num 36:37; Num 39:38 (P), Deut 31:15, usually (P) ‎אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Exod 29:4 + 6 t. Exodus + Exod 40:6; Exod 40:29 (‎׳‎‎מִשְׁכַּן אֹהֶל מ‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎), Lev 1:3 + 22 t. Leviticus; Num 3:25 + 11 t. Numbers; Josh 19:51; 1Sam 2:22, compare 1Chr 9:21 ‎׳‎‎פ‎ ‎הַמִּשְׁכָּן‎ Exod 35:15, compare Exod 40:5; Exod 40:28 (all P); of court Num 3:26 compareNum 4:26 and (of temple) Ezek 8:7 doorway of (private) house Gen 19:6; Gen 19:11 (twice in verse) + 22 t., compare Song 7:14* in Prov 17:19 Frankenb Toy read ‎פּיו‎; for ‎פִּתְחוֺ‎ of temple 1Kgs 6:33; Ezek 8:16, so ‎הַבַּית‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Ezek 47:1 Chron Ezek 4:22 ‎הַדְּבִיר‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ 1Kgs 6:31, ‎הַצֵּלָע‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ v1Kgs 6:8; Ezek 41:11 compare vEzek 41:11 vEzek 41:11 plural 1Kgs 7:5 various doorways in Ezekiel's temple Ezek 40:13 (twice in verse) + 13 t. 40-42 (see also below); doorway of ark Gen 6:16 (P); of tower Judg 9:52 in wall Ezek 8:8 opening (mouth) of cave 1Kgs 19:13 ‎הַשַׁעַר‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ opening, i.e. doorway, of gate Ezek 40:11 of city ‎שַׁעַר הָעִיר‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎, i.e. the outer aperture of the gate Josh 8:29; Josh 20:4; Judg 9:35; Judg 9:44; Jer 1:15 (plural), compare Jer 19:2; 1Kgs 22:10 = 2Chr 18:9; 2Kgs 23:8; Prov 1:21 so ‎הַשַּׁעַר‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎, Judg 9:40; 2Sam 10:8; 2Sam 11:23; 2Kgs 7:3; 2Kgs 10:8, and (of farm or village) Judg 18:16; Judg 18:17 so ‎הָעִיר‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ 1Kgs 17:20; 1Chr 19:6 (= 2Sam 10:8 above), compare Gen 38:14 plural of city gates themselves (poetry) Isa 3:26 (personified), ‎נְדִיבִים‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Isa 13:2 ‎פִּתְחֵי עוֺלָם‎ Ps 24:7; Ps 24:9 (|| ‎שְׁעָרִים‎); compare figurative ‎שְׁמֹר פִּתְחֵיפִֿיךָ‎ Mic 7:5 also ‎׳‎‎פ‎ ‎׳‎‎שַׁעַר בֵּית י‎ Jer 36:10; Ezek 8:14; Ezek 10:19 compare Ezek 8:3; Ezek 11:1; Ezek 40:4; Ezek 46:3, ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Jer 26:10 ‎פְּתָחֶיהָ‎ Mic 5:6* of entrances to a country; figurative ‎תִּקְוָה‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Hos 2:17* doorway of hope.

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