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--- peteh [2024/05/24 15:18] – ken
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 פתה
-The meaning of 'peteh' is not clear.
+The meaning of 'peteh' is not clear in a general way.
-It is often translated as "opened" , or "revealed" or "door", but sometimes "engraved"
+It is often translated as  "opened" , or "revealed" or "door", but perhaps the closest translation would be "let loose". It typically applies to an instance of a container being opened to reveal its contents. In some cases this is true metaphorically, as in Job letting loose his mouth to reveal his opinions.
+Oddly however, in Exodus chapter 28 and 39, the word is usually translated as "engraved". This dubious interpretation occurs only in conjunction with the [[apod]] ("Ephod").
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 LexID 6605, 6607