פֹּת
pôth · pohth
a hole, i.e. hinge or the female pudenda
Lexicon
Derivation: or פֹּתָה; (Ezekiel 13:19), from an unused root meaning to open;
a hole, i.e. hinge or the female pudenda
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hinge, secret participle
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- 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 › the mark, the covenant sign
To speak, the word of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פֹּת 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the hinges1 · 50%
- their secret parts1 · 50%
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.