*ptḫ: 'to pierce; to engrave'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ptḫ
Meaning'to pierce; to engrave'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Akkadianpatāḫu (CAD P 269, AHw. 846 apud SEDonline 1328)CAD P 269, AHw. 846; SEDonline 1328gloss withheld
Hebrewptḥ (HALOT 988 apud SEDonline 1328); pittûaḥ (HALOT 985)HALOT 988; SEDonline 1328; HALOT 985gloss withheld
Phoenicianptḥ (Krahmalkov 409; T 273)Krahmalkov 409; T 273gloss withheld
Epigraphic South ArabianSab. ftḫ (SD 46 apud SEDonline 1328); Qat. ftḫ (LIQ 132 apud SEDonline 1328)SD 46; SEDonline 1328; LIQ 132gloss withheld
Mehrifátăḫ (Jahn 1902, 178 apud SEDonline 1328)Jahn 1902, 178; SEDonline 1328gloss withheld

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Notes

PS *ptḫ 'to pierce' (Huehnergard 1991: 694 apud SEDonline 1328). HALOT 988 compares Akk. patāḫu 'to bore into' with Hbr. II ptḥ; Hbr. and Ph. ḥ continue *ḫ. Akk. derived patḫu 'holed', pitḫu 'perforation, wound' (CAD P 276, 435). Cf. 1014 *pVtaḥ- 'open'.

Updated 25 October 2026

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