פֶּתַח

פֶּ֫תַח₁₆₄ noun masculine^{Ezk 8,8} (feminine 2 Sam 17,9 but We reads אַחַד for אַחַת, and so Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 86}) opening, doorway, entrance; — absolute ׳פ 1 Mos 4,7 +, פָּ֑תַח 1 Mos 19,11 +, הַפֶּ֫תְחָה v1 Mos 19,6 construct פֶּתַח 1 Mos 18,1 +; suffix פִּתְחוֺ Ord 17,19, פִּתְחָהּ Ezk 40,38 plural פְּתָחִים 1 Kong 7,5; Ord 8,3 construct פִּתְחֵי Sl 24,7 +; suffix פְּתָחָ֑י, Ord 8,34, etc.; — door-way of nomad's tent, הָאֹהֶל ׳פ 1 Mos 18,1; 1 Mos 18,2; 1 Mos 18,10(J), 2 Mos 33,8; 2 Mos 33,10 (E), 4 Mos 11,10; 4 Mos 16,27(JE), Dom 4,20,compare(without הָאֹהֶל) 1 Mos 4,7 (in figurative), Job 31,9; Job 31,34 of sacred tent, הָאֹהָל ׳פ 2 Mos 33,9; 2 Mos 33,10; 4 Mos 12,5(E), 4 Mos 26,36; 4 Mos 36,37; 4 Mos 39,38 (P), 5 Mos 31,15, usually (P) אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד ׳פ 2 Mos 29,4 + 6 t. Exodus + 2 Mos 40,6; 2 Mos 40,29 (׳מִשְׁכַּן אֹהֶל מ ׳פ), 3 Mos 1,3 + 22 t. Leviticus; 4 Mos 3,25 + 11 t. Numbers; Jos 19,51; 1 Sam 2,22, compare 1 Kron 9,21 ׳פ הַמִּשְׁכָּן 2 Mos 35,15, compare 2 Mos 40,5; 2 Mos 40,28 (all P); of court 4 Mos 3,26 compare4 Mos 4,26 and (of temple) Ezk 8,7 doorway of (private) house 1 Mos 19,6; 1 Mos 19,11 (twice in verse) + 22 t., compare Hoj 7,14 in Ord 17,19 Frankenb Toy read פּיו; for פִּתְחוֺ of temple 1 Kong 6,33; Ezk 8,16, so הַבַּית ׳פ Ezk 47,1 Chron Ezk 4,22 הַדְּבִיר ׳פ 1 Kong 6,31, הַצֵּלָע ׳פ v1 Kong 6,8; Ezk 41,11 compare vEzk 41,11 vEzk 41,11 plural 1 Kong 7,5 various doorways in Ezekiel's temple Ezk 40,13 (twice in verse) + 13 t. 40-42 (see also below); doorway of ark 1 Mos 6,16 (P); of tower Dom 9,52 in wall Ezk 8,8 opening (mouth) of cave 1 Kong 19,13 הַשַׁעַר ׳פ opening, i.e. doorway, of gate Ezk 40,11 of city שַׁעַר הָעִיר ׳פ, i.e. the outer aperture of the gate Jos 8,29; Jos 20,4; Dom 9,35; Dom 9,44; Jer 1,15 (plural), compare Jer 19,2; 1 Kong 22,10 = 2 Kron 18,9; 2 Kong 23,8; Ord 1,21 so הַשַּׁעַר ׳פ, Dom 9,40; 2 Sam 10,8; 2 Sam 11,23; 2 Kong 7,3; 2 Kong 10,8, and (of farm or village) Dom 18,16; Dom 18,17 so הָעִיר ׳פ 1 Kong 17,20; 1 Kron 19,6 (= 2 Sam 10,8 above), compare 1 Mos 38,14 plural of city gates themselves (poetry) Es 3,26 (personified), נְדִיבִים ׳פ Es 13,2 פִּתְחֵי עוֺלָם Sl 24,7; Sl 24,9 (|| שְׁעָרִים); compare figurative שְׁמֹר פִּתְחֵיפִֿיךָ Mik 7,5 also ׳פ ׳שַׁעַר בֵּית י Jer 36,10; Ezk 8,14; Ezk 10,19 compare Ezk 8,3; Ezk 11,1; Ezk 40,4; Ezk 46,3, ׳י ׳שׁ ׳פ Jer 26,10 פְּתָחֶיהָ Mik 5,6 of entrances to a country; figurative תִּקְוָה ׳פ Hos 2,17 doorway of hope.