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פתח (patach) — pictograph word study

פתח

Meaning: open, loosen; doorway, entrance

Letter by letter — the ancient pictures

פ Peh — value 80
Mouth, speech, breath given words; eighty — the age of Moses when his mouth was commissioned letter page →
ת Tav — value 400
Mark, sign, seal, covenant witness; completion — the last letter, the destination of the alphabet; four hundred — years foretold to Abraham letter page →
ח Chet — value 8
Life (chai = 18 = twice chet's letters chet-yod), fence, enclosure; eight — the number beyond nature's seven letter page →

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