פַּחַת
pachath · pakh'-ath
a pit, especially forcatching animals
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from an unused root apparently meaning to dig;
a pit, especially forcatching animals
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hole, pit, snare.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to separate and protect › the mark, the covenant sign
To speak, the word that works to separate and protect of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פַּחַת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- pit2 · 20%
- and the pit2 · 20%
- into the pit2 · 20%
- of the pit1 · 10%
- of the hole's1 · 10%
- out of the pit1 · 10%
- and a snare1 · 10%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.