Original Language Studio
Song of Solomon 5:6
“I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H6605 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
- Grammar
- פָּתַ֤חְתִּֽי — verb Qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 145 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 7:11Genesis 8:6Genesis 24:32Genesis 29:31Genesis 30:22
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 פָּתַח 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.