H6596 H6596
hinge socket or pivot point where door turns; possibly also feminine private parts
This architectural term most clearly refers to the sockets in which door pivots turned, functioning like ancient hinges. In Solomon's temple, these fittings were part of the elaborate door system. The second occurrence in Isaiah 3:17 is more disputed: it may refer euphemistically to women's private parts, or some scholars suggest emending the text to 'their shame' or 'their foreheads.' The architectural meaning is certain; the anatomical sense remains debated.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The word appears in 1 Kings 7:50 clearly denoting the hinge sockets for temple doors, where translations consistently render it as 'hinges.' In Isaiah 3:17, the meaning is disputed: traditional interpretation understands it as 'their secret parts' (a euphemism), while others suggest textual corruption. The multilingual evidence shows this uncertainty: Spanish offers both 'goznes' (hinges) and 'partes-secretas,' French and German mostly transliterate or give 'hinges.' The architectural sense involving the pivot point where something turns is certain; any anatomical application would employ the same metaphorical logic. 2×
AR["عَورَاتِهِنَّ", "وَ-الـ-مَفَاصِلُ"]·ben["এবং-কবাটগুলি", "তাদের-গোপনাংশ"]·DE["[פתהן]", "und-der-hinges"]·EN["and-the-hinges", "their-foreheads"]·FR["[פתהן]", "et-le-hinges"]·heb["ו-ה-פותות", "פתהן"]·HI["उनका-गुप्तांग", "और-चूलें"]·ID["aurat-mereka", "tulen"]·IT["[פתהן]", "e-il-cardini"]·jav["lan-engsel", "wadananipun"]·KO["그들의-은밀한-부분을", "그리고-돌쪱귀들을"]·PT["e-os-gonzos", "partes-secretas-suas"]·RU["и-петли", "наготу-их"]·ES["sus-partes-secretas", "y-los-goznes"]·SW["na-bawaba", "vipara-vyao"]·TR["gizli-yerlerini", "ve-menteşeler"]·urd["ان-کی-شرمگاہوں", "اور-کولے-"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [פֹּת] n.[f.] pl. הַפֹּתוֹת לְדַלְתוֹת הַבַּיִת 1 K 7:50 i.e. prob. the sockets above and below, in which the door-pivots turned (performing office of mod. hinges); sg. sf. פָּתְהֵן Is 3:17 (Ges§ 91 f), prob., si vera l., their secret parts, cardo femina (so Thes and most); but read perhaps חֶרְפַּתְהֵן BachmSK. 1894, 650 Kit (in Di) Marti; > פִּאַתְהֵן StaZAW vi (1886), 336, cf. 𝔙 Di.