{"def":{"short":"to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve","long":["to open",["(Qal) to open","(Niphal) to be opened, be let loose, be thrown open","(Piel)",["to free","to loosen","to open, open oneself"],"(Hithpael) to loose oneself"],"to carve, engrave",["(Piel) to engrave","(Pual) to be engraved"]]},"deriv":"a primitive root","pronun":{"ipa":"pɔːˈt̪ɑħ","ipa_mod":"pɑːˈtɑχ","sbl":"pātaḥ","dic":"paw-TA","dic_mod":"pa-TAHK"}}