פָּתָה
Biblical Hebrew
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
be spacious tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
פָּתָה: vb. be spacious, wide, open Pi. tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. be spacious, wide, open (Aramaic פְּתָא be spacious, ܦܬܳܐ be spacious, abundant; cf. Arabic فَتُوَ, فَتِىَ, be youthful, in prime of life, فَتًى young man, one in prime of life (development of various meanings from √ not wholly clear, cf. NöZMG xi (1886). 735));— Pt. פֹּתֶה Pr 20:19 poss. one open as to lips, but v. פָּתָה denom. infr. Impf. 3 ms. juss. יַפְתְּ א׳ לְיֶפֶת Gn 9:27 may God make wide for Japhet (give him an extensive inheritance).—Pf. poss. Pr 24:28 (reading וְהִפְתִּיתָ בִּשְׂפָתֶ֑יךָ; make wide with (open wide) thy lips, for MT וַהֲפִתִּיתָ בִּשׂ׳, so SS; but cf. פָּתָה denom. Pi.).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: may he make spacious (1).
In the verses
יַ֤פְתְּ אֱלֹהִים֙ לְיֶ֔פֶת וְיִשְׁכֹּ֖ן בְּאָֽהֳלֵי־שֵׁ֑ם וִיהִ֥י כְנַ֖עַן עֶ֥בֶד לָֽמוֹ׃
Word for word: may.he.make.spacious God (to) Japheth and let.him.dwell in the.tents of.Shem and let.him.be Canaan a.slave his
JPS 1917: God enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be their servant.
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