2 Kings 15:16:92 Kgs.15.16.W9TAB
פָתַ֖ח
patakh
“he opened”
- Transliteration
- pa-TAKH
- Extended
- pah-TAKH
- IPA
- /pɔːˈtaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he opened
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pa-TAKH
- phraseyour reading level
LO pa-TAKH
- clause
AZ yak-KE-me-na-KHEM et-tif-SAKH ve-et-kal-a-SHER-BA ve-et-ge-vu-LE-ha mi-tir-TSA KI LO pa-TAKH va-YAKH
- sentence
AZ yak-KE-me-na-KHEM et-tif-SAKH ve-et-kal-a-SHER-BA ve-et-ge-vu-LE-ha mi-tir-TSA KI LO pa-TAKH va-YAKH ET kal-he-he-ra-TE-ha bik-KE-a
Exegesis
The causal kî {כִּי | kî} introduces the refusal clause with lōʾ pāṭaḥ {לֹא פָתַח | lōʾ pā-ṭaḥ} ‘did not open.’
Root and etymology
p-t-ḥpe–tav–heth
“to open”
In context — 2 Kings 15:16
Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and everyone in it, along with its territory from Tirzah, because it refused to open , and he struck all its pregnant women , ripping them open.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 15:16, so the Hebrew word פָתַ֖ח (patakh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Kgs.15.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.16.W9.S1) and character.