פָּצָהpâtsâh
part, open
Pronunciation: paw-tsaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6475
Meanings
Qal
1. open, mouth
a. to swallow (Genesis 4:11; Numbers 16:30; Deuteronomy 11:6)
b. to speak (Judges 11:35; Judges 11:36; Job 35:16)
2. snatch away, set free (Psalms 144:1-200; Isaiah 10:7; Isaiah 10:11)
Where it appears
Appears 15 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:11 Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has swallowed your brother’s blood.
- Numbers 16:30 But if the Lord does something entirely new and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and all their belongings, and they go down alive into the grave, then you will know that these men have shown contempt for the Lord.”
- Deuteronomy 11:6 They didn’t see what he did to Dathan and Abiram (the sons of Eliab, a descendant of Reuben) when the earth opened its mouth in the Israelite camp and swallowed them, along with their households and tents and every living thing that belonged to them.
- Judges 11:35 When he saw her, he tore his clothes in anguish. “Oh, my daughter!” he cried out. “You have completely destroyed me! You’ve brought disaster on me! For I have made a vow to the Lord, and I cannot take it back.”
- Judges 11:36 And she said, “Father, if you have made a vow to the Lord, you must do to me what you have vowed, for the Lord has given you a great victory over your enemies, the Ammonites.
- Job 35:16 But you are talking nonsense, Job. You have spoken like a fool.”
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).