Quick Definition
to open
Strong's Definition
to rend, i.e. open (especially the mouth)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: deliver, gape, open, rid, utter.
TWOT Reference: 1795
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פָּצָה (pa.tsah) — to open. 1) to part, open, separate, set free 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to open (mouth), utter 1a2) to snatch away, set free
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Open | verb qal
to open (one's mouth) wide = action by which humans open wide their mouth, ► in order to eat or drink, to speak, or to menace
GEN 4:11 · NUM 16:30 · DEU 11:6 · JDG 11:35 · JDG 11:36 · JOB 35:16 · PSA 22:14 · ISA 10:14 · LAM 2:16 · LAM 3:46 · EZK 2:8
Safe | verb qal
to rescue, to deliver = causative action by which deities come to the aide of humans in need
Speak
Collocation: שְׂפָתַיִם פצה
to speak literally: (one's) lips open wide; hence: = actions by which humans utter words
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[פָּצָה] vb. part, open;—Qal open mouth
snatch away, set free
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