Strong's Lexicon pach: Snare, trap Original Word: פַח Word Origin: From an unused root meaning to trap Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G3803 (pagis) - A trap, snare - G4625 (skandalon) - A stumbling block, offense Usage: The Hebrew word "pach" refers to a physical trap or snare used for capturing animals. It is often used metaphorically in the Bible to describe situations or schemes that entrap people, leading them into danger or sin. The term conveys the idea of being caught unexpectedly or deceitfully. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, hunting and trapping were common practices for procuring food and protecting crops. Snares and traps were simple devices made from natural materials, designed to capture animals without their awareness. This imagery was easily understood by the Israelites and was frequently used by biblical writers to illustrate spiritual and moral lessons, warning against the dangers of sin and the deceitfulness of evil. Brown-Driver-Briggs I. מַּח noun masculinePsalm 124:7 bird-trap (compare WilkinsonEgyptians (1878) ii, 103, 109 f. DrAmos 3:5 HoffmZAW iii (1883), 101); **compare also BaldenspergerPEF 1905, 38 (pahµ used now of a trap with a net). — ׳פ absolute Hosea 5:1 +, מָּ֑ךְ Jeremiah 48:44 +; construct מַּךְ Hosea 9:8 +; plural מַּחִים Jeremiah 18:22 +; — 1 literal ׳יַעֲלֶה פ Amos 3:5b (as metaphor; v:a strike out ׳פ), Proverbs 7:23; Ecclesiastes 9:12 (with אָחוּז; both in simile). 2 usually figurative (sometimes "" מוֺקֵשׁ, רֶשֶׁת, צַמִּים): a. of calamities and plots, יָקוֺשׁ ׳פ Hosea 9:8, compare Psalm 91:3; Psalm 124:7; ׳פ alone Jeremiah 48:43 = Isaiah 24:17; Job 22:10; Psalm 124:7; Proverbs 22:5; לְ ׳טָמַן פ Jeremiah 18:22; Psalm 140:6; Psalm 142:4; לְ ׳נָחַן פ Psalm 119:110, לְ ׳יָקַשׁ פ Psalm 141:9; ׳יאֹחֵז בְּעָקֵב פ Job 18:9; ׳יִלָּכֵד בֵּמּ Jeremiah 48:44 = Isaiah 24:18. b. = source or agent of calamity Hosea 5:1; Joshua 23:13 (D), Isaiah 8:14; Psalm 69:23. — Psalm 11:6 see מֶּחָם. below II. [מַּח] noun [masculine] plate of metal; plural רִקֻּעֵי פַחִים Numbers 17:3; construct וַיְרַקְּעוּ אֶתמַּֿחֵי הַזָּהָב Exodus 39:3. פחם (√ of following; compare probably Arabic Strong's Exhaustive Concordance gin, thin plate, snare From pachach; a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina) -- gin, (thin) plate, snare. see HEBREW pachach Forms and Transliterations בַּפָּ֑ח בפח הַפַּ֥ח הפח וָפָ֑ח וּפַחִ֖ים ופח ופחים לְפַ֣ח לְפָ֑ח לפח מִפַּ֥ח מִפַּ֪ח מפח פַ֣ח פַ֭ח פַּ֡ח פַּ֣ח פַּ֤ח פַּ֫חִ֥ים פַּ֭חִים פַּח֙ פַּחֵ֣י פַח֙ פַחִ֑ים פַחִים֙ פָּ֑ח פח פחי פחים bap·pāḥ bapPach bappāḥ fach faChim hap·paḥ hapPach happaḥ lə·p̄aḥ lə·p̄āḥ leFach ləp̄aḥ ləp̄āḥ mip·paḥ mipPach mippaḥ pa·ḥê pa·ḥîm p̄a·ḥîm Pach paChei paChim paḥ pāḥ p̄aḥ paḥê paḥîm p̄aḥîm ū·p̄a·ḥîm ufaChim ūp̄aḥîm vaFach wā·p̄āḥ wāp̄āḥLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Exodus 39:3 HEB: וַֽיְרַקְּע֞וּ אֶת־ פַּחֵ֣י הַזָּהָב֮ וְקִצֵּ֣ץ NAS: out gold sheets and cut KJV: into thin plates, and cut INT: hammered into sheets gold and cut Numbers 16:38 Joshua 23:13 Job 18:9 Job 22:10 Psalm 11:6 Psalm 69:22 Psalm 91:3 Psalm 119:110 Psalm 124:7 Psalm 124:7 Psalm 140:5 Psalm 141:9 Psalm 142:3 Proverbs 7:23 Proverbs 22:5 Ecclesiastes 9:12 Isaiah 8:14 Isaiah 24:17 Isaiah 24:18 Jeremiah 18:22 Jeremiah 48:43 Jeremiah 48:44 Hosea 5:1 Hosea 9:8 27 Occurrences |
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be black, Late Hebrew מָּחַם id. (in derived species), מֶּחָם = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic 
charcoal; Assyrian pêntu (= *pêmtu) glowing coal; Syriac 
in Lexicons). 
