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maftēaḥ מַפְתֵּחַ ‘key’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from pātaḥ פָּתַח ‘to open / to engrave’
Roots: פתח

maftēaḥ n, m
1) key, opening instrument

Mentioned in Judges 3:25 Isaiah 22:22

2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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