פַּחpach

פַּח: bird-trap

Pronunciation: pakh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6341

Meanings

2. usually figurative

a. of calamities and plots (Hosea 9:8; Psalms 91:3; Psalms 124:7)

b. = source or agent of calamity (Hosea 5:1; Joshua 23:13; Isaiah 8:14)

פַּח: plate of metal (Numbers 17:3; Exodus 39:3)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 27 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 39:3 He made gold thread by hammering out thin sheets of gold and cutting it into fine strands. With great skill and care, he worked it into the fine linen with the blue, purple, and scarlet thread.
  • Numbers 16:38 Take the incense burners of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and hammer the metal into a thin sheet to overlay the altar. Since these burners were used in the Lord’s presence, they have become holy. Let them serve as a warning to the people of Israel.”
  • Joshua 23:13 then know for certain that the Lord your God will no longer drive them out of your land. Instead, they will be a snare and a trap to you, a whip for your backs and thorny brambles in your eyes, and you will vanish from this good land the Lord your God has given you.
  • Job 18:9 A trap grabs them by the heel. A snare holds them tight.
  • Job 22:10 That is why you are surrounded by traps and tremble from sudden fears.
  • Psalms 11:6 He will rain down blazing coals and burning sulfur on the wicked, punishing them with scorching winds.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).