פָּסַח
pâçach · paw-sakh'
to hop, i.e. (figuratively) skip over (or spare); by implication, to hesitate; also (literally) to limp, to dance
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to hop, i.e. (figuratively) skip over (or spare); by implication, to hesitate; also (literally) to limp, to dance
- to hop, i.e. (figuratively) skip over (or spare)
- by implication, to hesitate
- also, (literally) to limp, to dance
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: halt, become lame, leap, pass over.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to support and uphold › to separate and protect
To speak, the word that works to support and uphold that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּסַח 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- i will pass1 · 14%
- will pass over1 · 14%
- who passed1 · 14%
- and became lame1 · 14%
- halt1 · 14%
- and they leaped1 · 14%
- it; and passing over1 · 14%
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.