Original Language Studio
Lamentations 2:16
“All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H6475 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to rend, i.e. open (especially the mouth)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- deliver, gape, open, rid, utter.
- Grammar
- פָּצ֨וּ — verb Qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 15 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:11Numbers 16:30Deuteronomy 11:6Judges 11:35Judges 11:36
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read פָּצָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.