פָּצָה
pa.tsah
“to open”
Definition
to rend, i.e. open (especially the mouth)
a primitive root;
- to part, open, separate, set free 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to open (mouth), utter 1a2) to snatch away, set free
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Occurrences
פָּצָה appears 14 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.
Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”
So Job opens his mouth in vainand multiplies words without knowledge.”
All our enemiesopen their mouths against us.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.