פָּצָה
pâtsâh
Meaning “to open”
BDB to part, open, separate, set free; (Qal); to open (mouth), utter; to snatch away, set free
15 verses
9 books · rare Hebrew Bible
First appears: Genesis 4:11
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פָּצָה 8 books
- Genesis 4:11 פָּצְתָ֣ה Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
- Numbers 16:30 וּ/פָצְתָ֨ה But if Yahweh make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain to them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh.
- Deuteronomy 11:6 פָּצְתָ֤ה and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel:
- Judges 11:35 פָּצִ֤יתִי It happened, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Yahweh, and I can't go back.
- Job 35:16 יִפְצֶה Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, And he multiplies words without knowledge."
- Isaiah 10:14 וּ/פֹצֶ֥ה and my hand has found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathers eggs that are forsaken, have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or that opened the mouth, or chirped.
- Lamentations 2:16 פָּצ֨וּ All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
- Ezekiel 2:8 פְּצֵ֣ה But you, son of man, hear what I tell you; don't be you rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat that which I give you.
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