Lexical Summary pachath: a pit Original Word: פַחַתTransliteration: pachath Phonetic Spelling: (pakh'-ath) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a pit Meaning: a pit, for, catching animals Strong's Concordance hole, pit, snare Probably from an unused root apparently meaning to dig; a pit, especially for catching animals -- hole, pit, snare. Brown-Driver-Briggs H6354. pachath מַּ֫חַת noun masculine2 Samuel 18:17 (in 17:9 read בְּאַחַד) pit; — ׳פ absolute Jeremiah 48:43 +, מָּ֑חַת 48:28; plural מְּחָתִים 2 Samuel 17:9; — pit, 17:9; 18:17; Jeremiah 48:28 (Gie question text); figurative of calamity וָפ ׳מַּחַד וָפָ֑ח 48:43 compare 48:44; 48:44 = Isaiah 24:17 compare 24:18; 24:18 and Lamentations 3:47. |
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