פַּח

Exodus 39:3 פַּחֵ֣י [the] thin plates of

They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen—the work of a skilled craftsman.

Numbers 16:38 פַחִים֙ thin plates

As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”

Joshua 23:13 לְפַ֣ח <into> a trap

know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.

Here: A fowler's trap, usually a net or a hinged trap that springs shut on a bird. It is the first of four images of sudden capture and lasting pain.

Job 18:9 פָּ֑ח a trap

A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

Job 22:10 פַחִ֑ים snares

Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;

Psalm 11:6 פַּ֫חִ֥ים snares

On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.

Here: As the Hebrew stands, this means bird-traps. That would answer the advice in verse 1 to 'flee like a bird': the hunters now have traps raining down on them. Many scholars read 'coals' here with a one-letter change (see debates). The Masoretic accents (the reading marks added to the Hebrew text) put the verse's main pause right after this word.

Psalm 69:22 לְפָ֑ח <into> a trap

May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.

Here: 'Into a trap.' A pach was a fowler's net or spring-trap that snapped shut on a bird. The prefix le- means 'become, turn into.' The table that should feed them catches them.

Psalm 91:3 מִפַּ֥ח from [the] snare of

Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.

Here: 'From the trap of.' A paḥ is a bird-trap, probably a spring-net or clap-net that snaps shut on the bird. It is hidden, it closes suddenly, and the bird cannot escape on its own.

Psalm 119:110 פַּ֣ח a snare

The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.

Here: 'A trap.' This is the fowler's device, a baited spring-net or clap-net that snaps shut on a bird. It pictures danger that is hidden, planned and placed where the victim is expected to walk or land.

Psalm 124:7 מִפַּ֪ח הַפַּ֥ח from a snare of, the snare

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

Here: 'From the trap of…' The pach was a hunter's device for catching birds, probably a spring-net that snapped shut on the ground. It stands for any sudden, hidden danger that closes on a victim.

Psalm 140:5 פַּ֡ח a trap

The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah

Here: A fowler's trap, probably the hinged trap or clap-net that snaps shut on a bird. It is the first item in a list of trapping gear, and it casts the psalmist as a small bird.

Psalm 141:9 פַ֭ח [the] trap

Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.

Here: The fowler's clap-net or spring trap: two frames that snap shut on a bird that lands on them. The point of the picture is a danger the victim cannot see until it closes.

Psalm 142:3 פַ֣ח a snare

Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.

Here: A fowler's trap: a spring net or snare laid on the ground to catch small birds. It pictures the speaker as small, hunted prey.

Proverbs 7:23 פָּ֑ח a trap

until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.

Proverbs 22:5 פַּ֭חִים snares

Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.

Here: A fowler's trap, a net or spring trap that snaps shut on a bird. Set right next to 'thorns' with no joining word, it pairs open harm (thorns you can see) with hidden harm (traps you cannot).

Ecclesiastes 9:12 בַּפָּ֑ח in <the> snare

For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.

Here: "In the trap": the ordinary fowler's trap, probably a spring-trap or clap-net that snaps shut over a bird on the ground (Amos 3:5).

Isaiah 8:14 לְפַ֣ח <into> a trap

And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.

Here: 'For a trap': a fowler's trap that springs shut on a bird (Amos 3:5; Psalm 124:7). The picture changes from tripping on a road to being caught like prey.

Isaiah 24:17 וָפָ֑ח and snare

Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.

Here: A trap, typically the kind that snaps shut on a bird. It is the shortest of the three words, and it ends the series the way a trap closes: abruptly.

Isaiah 24:18 בַּפָּ֑ח in <the> snare

Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Jeremiah 18:22 וּפַחִ֖ים and snares

Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.

Here: 'And snares': spring traps or clap-nets for birds (Amos 3:5). The plural suggests many traps laid in many places.

Jeremiah 48:43 וָפָ֑ח and snare

Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 48:44 בַּפָּ֑ח in <the> snare

“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

Hosea 5:1 פַח֙ a trap

“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.

Here: A fowler's trap for catching birds (Amos 3:5; Prov 7:23). The image is a hidden device that catches small, helpless creatures.

Hosea 9:8 פַּ֤ח a trap of

The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!

Here: A bird trap, probably a hinged net or spring trap that snaps shut. It is hidden, sudden and lethal, and the picture is of deliberate ambush.

Amos 3:5 פַּ֣ח פַּח֙ <the> bird-trap of, a bird-trap

Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?

Here: A bird-trap, most likely a spring-net or clap-net laid flat on the ground that snaps shut over the bird. Hebrew links it to the next word: 'trap of the ground', meaning a ground-trap.