פָּתַת pâthath — to open, i.e. break
Translated in the KJV as participle x.
a primitive root; to open, i.e. break.
pâthath in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Infinitive absolute 1
פָּת֤וֹת Lev 2:6 Infinitive absolute
Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering.
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 ›