פְּתַח pᵉthach — to open
Translated in the KJV as open.
(Aramaic) corresponding to H6605; to open.
pᵉthach in each stem
Pe'il
Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them
Participle (passive) 1Perfect (qatal) 1
פְּתִיחָ֥ן Dan 6:11 Participle (passive), feminine plural
Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
פְּתִֽיחוּ Dan 7:10 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine plural
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
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 ›