patsa · open (the mouth)

What it means

patsa (פָּצָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “open (the mouth)”.

Open wide (the mouth); also rescue.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To part the lips to speak or devour.
2. To rescue someone from danger.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• opened ×5
• They have opened ×3
• opens ×2
• set me free ×2
• open ×1
• uttered ×1
• who sets free ×1

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Numbers×1
• Deuteronomy×1
• Judges×2
• Job×1
• Psalms×5
• Isaiah×1
• Lamentations×2
• Ezekiel×1

• Genesis 4:11

  And now, cursed are you away from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

• Numbers 16:30

  But if YHWH creates something new, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and all that is theirs, and they go down alive to Sheol, then you shall know that these men have spurned YHWH.”

• Deuteronomy 11:6

  and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, son of Reuben, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their houses and their tents and all that existed at their feet, in the midst of all Israel.

• Judges 11:35

  When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are among those who bring me ruin. I have opened my mouth to YHWH, and I cannot turn back.”

• Judges 11:36

  She said to him, “My father, you have opened your mouth to YHWH; do to me according to what came out of your mouth, now that YHWH has done for you vengeance on your enemies, on the sons of Ammon.”

• Job 35:16

  So Job opens his mouth in vain; without knowledge he multiplies words.”

• Psalms 22:13

  They have opened their mouth against me, a lion that tears and roars.

• Psalms 66:14

  which my lips uttered and my mouth spoke in my distress.

• Psalms 144:7

  Send your hands from on high; set me free and deliver me from many waters, from the hand of the sons of the foreigner,

• Psalms 144:10

  who gives salvation to kings, who sets free David his servant from the evil sword.

• Psalms 144:11

  Set me free and deliver me from the hand of the sons of the foreigner, whose mouth speaks falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of lies;

• Isaiah 10:14

  And my hand has found, like a nest, the wealth of the peoples; and as one gathers abandoned eggs, all the earth I have gathered; and there was no one who moved a wing, or opened a mouth, or chirped.”

• Lamentations 2:16

  They have opened their mouth against you, all your enemies; they hiss and grind their teeth; they say, “We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day that we hoped for; we have found it, we have seen it.”

• Lamentations 3:46

  They have opened against us their mouth, all our enemies.

• Ezekiel 2:8

  And you, son of man, listen to what I am speaking to you: do not be rebellious like the rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”