STRONGS NUMBER H6607

H6607. pethach

מֶּ֫תַח‎₁₆₄ noun masculine^{Ezekiel 8:8} (feminine 2 Samuel 17:9 but We reads אַחַד‎ for אַחַת‎, and so Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 86}) opening, doorway, entrance; — absolute ׳פ‎ Genesis 4:7 +, מָּ֑תַח‎ 19:11 +, הַמֶּ֫תְחָה‎ 19:6; construct מֶּתַח‎ 18:1 +; suffix מִּתְחוֺ‎ Proverbs 17:19, מִּתְחָהּ‎ Ezekiel 40:38; plural מְּתָחִים‎ 1 Kings 7:5; Proverbs 8:3; construct מִּתְחֵי‎ Psalm 24:7 +; suffix מְּתָחָ֑י‎, Proverbs 8:34, etc.; — door-way of nomad's tent, ׳פ הָאֹהֶל‎ Genesis 18:1-2, 10(J), Exodus 33:8, 10 (E), Numbers 11:10; 16:27(JE), Judges 4:20,compare(without הָאֹהֶל‎) Genesis 4:7 (in figurative), Job 31:9, 34; of sacred tent, ׳פ הָאֹהָל‎ Exodus 33:9-10, Numbers 12:5(E), 26:36; Numbers 36:37; Num 39:38 (P), Deuteronomy 31:15, usually (P) ׳פ מוֺעֵד אֹהֶל‎ Exodus 29:4 6t. Exodus + 40:6, 29 (׳פ מ אֹהֶל ׳מִשְׁכַּן‎), Leviticus 1:3 22t. Leviticus; Numbers 3:25 11t. Numbers; Joshua 19:51; 1 Samuel 2:22, compare 1 Chronicles 9:21; הַמִּשְׁכָּן ׳פ‎ Exodus 35:15, compare 40:5, 28 (all P); of court Numbers 3:26 compareNumbers 4:26 and (of temple) Ezekiel 8:7; doorway of (private) house Genesis 19:6, 11 (twice in verse) + 22 t., compare Cant 7:14; in Proverbs 17:19 Frankenb Toy read מּיו‎; for מִּתְחוֺ‎ of temple 1 Kings 6:33; Ezekiel 8:16, so ׳פ הַבַּית‎ 47:1; Chron Ezekiel 4:22; ׳פ הַדְּבִיר‎ 1 Kings 6:31, ׳פ הַצֵּלָע‎ 6:8; Ezekiel 41:11 compare 41:11; 41:11; plural 1 Kings 7:5; various doorways in Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40:13 (twice in verse) + 13 t. 40-42 (see also below); doorway of ark Genesis 6:16 (P); of tower Judges 9:52; in wall Ezekiel 8:8; opening (mouth) of cave 1 Kings 19:13; ׳פ הַשַׁעַר‎ opening, i.e. doorway, of gate Ezekiel 40:11; of city ׳פ הָעִיר שַׁעַר‎, i.e. the outer aperture of the gate Joshua 8:29; 20:4; Judges 9:35, 44; Jeremiah 1:15 (plural), compare 19:2; 1 Kings 22:10 2 Chronicles 18:9; 2 Kings 23:8; Proverbs 1:21; so ׳פ הַשַּׁעַר‎, Judges 9:40; 2 Samuel 10:8; 11:23; 2 Kings 7:3; 10:8, and (of farm or village) Judges 18:16-17, so ׳פ הָעִיר‎ 1 Kings 17:20; 1 Chronicles 19:6 (= 2 Samuel 10:8 above), compare Genesis 38:14; plural of city gates themselves (poetry) Isaiah 3:26 (personified), ׳פ נְדִיבִים‎ 13:2; עוֺלָם מִּתְחֵי‎ Psalm 24:7; 24:9 ("" שְׁעָרִים‎); compare figurative מִּתְחֵיפִֿיךָ שְׁמֹר‎ Micah 7:5; also י בֵּית ׳שַׁעַר ׳פ‎ Jeremiah 36:10; Ezekiel 8:14; 10:19; compare 8:3; 11:1; 40:4; 46:3, ׳פ ׳שׁ ׳י‎ Jeremiah 26:10; מְּתָחֶיהָ‎ Micah 5:6 of entrances to a country; figurative ׳פ תִּקְוָה‎ Hosea 2:17 doorway of hope.