פָּשַׁט

Genesis 37:23 וַיַּפְשִׁ֤יטוּ and they stripped

So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—

Leviticus 1:6 וְהִפְשִׁ֖יט and he will skin

Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

Leviticus 6:11 וּפָשַׁט֙ and he will strip off

Then he must take off his garments, put on other clothes, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place.

Leviticus 16:23 וּפָשַׁט֙ and he will strip off

Then Aaron is to enter the Tent of Meeting, take off the linen garments he put on before entering the Most Holy Place, and leave them there.

Numbers 20:26 וְהַפְשֵׁ֤ט and strip off

Remove Aaron’s priestly garments and put them on his son Eleazar. Aaron will be gathered to his people and will die there.”

Numbers 20:28 וַיַּפְשֵׁט֩ and he stripped off

After Moses had removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar, Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

Judges 9:33 וּפָשַׁטְתָּ֣ and you will make a raid

And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”

Judges 9:44 פָּשְׁט֕וּ פָּֽשְׁט֛וּ they made a raid

Then Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.

Judges 20:37 וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֖וּ and they made a raid

The men in ambush rushed suddenly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.

1 Samuel 18:4 וַיִּתְפַּשֵּׁ֣ט and he stripped himself

And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.

1 Samuel 19:24 וַיִּפְשַׁ֨ט and he stripped off

Then Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

Here: Saul pulls off his own clothing. The verb is used of removing garments (and of stripping a defeated enemy or a sacrificial animal), so it suggests a sudden, undignified shedding of what marked his status.

1 Samuel 23:27 פָשְׁט֥וּ they have made a raid

Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”

1 Samuel 27:8 וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֛וּ and they made raids

Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)

Here: They made a raid: a quick strike for plunder, not a campaign to take territory. Verse 9 shows this was a repeated pattern, so this one verb stands for a whole series of raids.

1 Samuel 27:10 פְּשַׁטְתֶּ֖ם did you make a raid

who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”

1 Samuel 30:1 פָֽשְׁט֗וּ they had made a raid

On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.

Here: The verb means "strip off" and also "dash out, make a raid." It is the same verb used of David's own raids on the Amalekites in 27:8. David the raider has been raided.

1 Samuel 30:14 פָּשַׁ֜טְנוּ we had made a raid

We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”

1 Samuel 31:8 לְפַשֵּׁ֖ט to strip

The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

Here: The verb form means 'to strip something off someone else': taking armour, weapons, clothing and valuables from the dead. It was routine after a battle, and it was how the winners got paid.

1 Samuel 31:9 וַיַּפְשִׁ֖יטוּ and they stripped off

They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.

Here: The causative form, “they stripped off”. It is the same root as verse 8 (“came to strip the dead”), the ordinary looting of corpses after a battle. Saul is handled like any other dead soldier.

2 Samuel 23:10 לְפַשֵּֽׁט׃ ס to strip

but Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.

1 Chronicles 10:8 לְפַשֵּׁ֖ט to strip

The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

1 Chronicles 10:9 וַיַּ֨פְשִׁיטֻ֔הוּ and they stripped him

They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.

1 Chronicles 14:9 וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֖וּ and they had made a raid

Now the Philistines had come and raided the Valley of Rephaim.

1 Chronicles 14:13 וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֖וּ and they made a raid

Once again the Philistines raided the valley.

2 Chronicles 25:13 וַֽיִּפְשְׁטוּ֙ and they made a raid

Meanwhile the troops that Amaziah had dismissed from battle raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon. They struck down 3,000 people and carried off a great deal of plunder.

2 Chronicles 28:18 פָּשְׁט֗וּ they had made a raid

The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.

2 Chronicles 29:34 לְהַפְשִׁ֖יט to skin

However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites had been more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.

Here: "To skin". The same technical verb used in Leviticus 1:6 for removing the hide of a burnt offering before it is cut up and burned. Heavy, bloody work, done next to the altar but not on it.

2 Chronicles 35:11 מַפְשִׁיטִֽים׃ [were] skinning [them]

And they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the priests splattered the blood handed to them and the Levites skinned the animals.

Here: Literally 'causing [the hide] to be stripped off', meaning skinning the carcasses. The verb form describes continuing action ('were skinning'), so the picture is of the Levites skinning at the same time as the priests were tossing the blood, like an assembly line.

Nehemiah 4:23 פֹשְׁטִ֖ים [were] stripping off

So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.

Job 1:17 וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֤וּ and they made a raid

While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

Job 19:9 הִפְשִׁ֑יט he has stripped off

He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

Job 22:6 תַּפְשִֽׁיט׃ you have stripped off

For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.

Here: In this causative form it means to strip something off another person, the way Joseph's brothers stripped him of his tunic (Gen 37:23). The form again marks habit. Job had used the same form of God in 19:9: "He has stripped me of my glory."

Song of Songs 5:3 פָּשַׁ֙טְתִּי֙ I have taken off

I have taken off my robe—must I put it back on? I have washed my feet—must I soil them again?

Isaiah 32:11 פְּשֹׁ֣טָֽה strip off

Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.

Here: 'Strip!' The word for taking off a garment. Here it means removing their fine clothes, the opposite of the dressing-up these women were known for (compare Isaiah 3:16–24).

Ezekiel 16:39 וְהִפְשִׁ֤יטוּ and they will strip off

Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will level your mounds and tear down your lofty shrines. They will strip off your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.

Ezekiel 23:26 וְהִפְשִׁיט֖וּךְ and they will strip off you

They will strip off your clothes and take your fine jewelry.

Ezekiel 26:16 יִפְשֹׁ֑טוּ they will strip off

All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over you.

Here: 'They will strip off.' The word suggests peeling away an outer layer, and it is used elsewhere for taking clothes off before mourning or exposure.

Ezekiel 44:19 יִפְשְׁט֣וּ they will take off

When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they are to take off the garments in which they have ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.

Here: 'They shall take off.' It is the ordinary verb for removing clothes, and the same verb used when the high priest takes off his linen garments in Leviticus 16:23. It describes a required act of undressing at the boundary.

Hosea 2:3 אַפְשִׁיטֶ֣נָּה I should strip her

Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst.

Here: The causative form, "I will strip her." It is the ordinary verb for taking off a garment (Gen 37:23, Joseph's robe). The extra nun before the suffix makes it emphatic: I will strip her, yes, her.

Hosea 7:1 פָּשַׁ֥ט it attacks

When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.

Here: 'Raids'. The verb's basic meaning is 'strip' (as of clothes), and it was a technical term for a lightning raid. Victims are stripped of goods, perhaps of clothing.

Micah 2:8 תַּפְשִׁט֑וּן you strip off !

But of late My people have risen up like an enemy: You strip off the splendid robe from unsuspecting passersby like men returning from battle.

Here: 'You strip off'. The causative form is used for stripping clothing off another person (Joseph in Gen 37:23; 'you stripped the naked of their clothing' in Job 22:6). The extra -un ending adds weight. The switch to 'you' turns from describing the oppressors to accusing them to their faces.

Micah 3:3 הִפְשִׁ֔יטוּ they have stripped off

You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”

Nahum 3:16 פָּשַׁ֖ט it strips off

You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.