פָּשַׂק pâsaq — to dispart (the feet or lips), i.e. become licentious
Translated in the KJV as open.
a primitive root; to dispart (the feet or lips), i.e. become licentious.
pâsaq in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
פֹּשֵׂ֥ק Prov 13:3 Participle (active), masculine singular
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Pi'el
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Wayyiqtol 1
וַתְּפַשְּׂקִ֥י Ezek 16:25 Wayyiqtol, 2nd person feminine singular
Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›