1. engraving, carved work — Engraving or carved decorative work, a nominal derivative of patach II (to engrave). Used for the engravings on the priestly breastplate stones inscribed like a signet seal with the names of Israel's tribes (Exod 28:11,21,36; 39:6,14,30), for carved ornamental work on the walls and doors of Solomon's temple (1 Kgs 6:29), for the engraving on the stone set before Joshua the high priest (Zech 3:9), for the carved work destroyed in the temple (Ps 74:6), and for craftsman's engravings in Chronicles (2 Chr 2:7,14). Arabic naqsh (engraving/inscription), German Gravierung (engraving), Spanish grabado (engraving), Hindi khudai (carving), Korean jogak/saegim (sculpture/engraving). All auto-clusters are inflectional variants (singular, plural, construct, with suffixes) of the same noun denoting decorative incised work on stone, metal, or wood. 11×
AR["نَقشَ","نَقْشٍ","نَقْشَ","نَقْشَهُ","نُقوشَهُ","نُقُوشًا","نُقُوشَ"]·ben["খোদাই","তার-খোদাই","তার-খোদাইগুলো"]·DE["Gravierungen-von","[פתוח]","[פתוחים]","[פתחה]","engravings-von","sein-carved-Werk"]·EN["engraving","engravings","engravings-of","its-carved-work","its-engraving"]·FR["[פתוח]","[פתוחים]","engravings-de","gravures-de","sculpture"]·heb["פיתוחה","פיתוחי","פיתוחיה","פתוח","פתוחים"]·HI["उसकी-खुदाई","खुदाई","खुदाई-की","खुदाई-से","नक्काशियाँ"]·ID["ukiran","ukiran-ukiran","ukiran-ukirannya","ukirannya"]·IT["[פתוח]","[פתוחים]","[פתחה]","engravings-di","incise"]·jav["ukiran","ukiran-ipun","ukiran-ukiran","ukirané"]·KO["그것의-새김을","새김들","새김의","조각","조각들","조각들-을-그것-의","조각들의"]·PT["entalhe","entalhes","entalhes-de","gravação-dela","gravuras-de","suas-entalhes"]·RU["вырезкой","резьбой","резьбу","резьбу-его","узоры"]·ES["grabado","grabados","grabados-de","su-grabado","sus-entalladuras"]·SW["mchongo","michongo","michongo-ya","michongo-yake","na-mitende","nakshi","nakshi-zake","ya-michongo-ya"]·TR["işleme","işlemeler","kazımları","oyma","oymaları","oymalarını","oymasını-"]·urd["اُس-کی-نقاشیوں-کو","اُس-کی-کندہ-کاری","نقش","کندہ-کاری"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† פִּתּוּחַ n.m. engraving;—abs. פ׳ 2 Ch 2:13; sf. פִּתֻּחָהּ Zc 3:9; elsewhere pl. פִּתּוּחִים 2 Ch 2:6, etc.;—on (wood overlaid with) metal, פִּתּוּחֵי מִקְלְעוֹת כְּרוּבִים 1 K 6:29 (see v 21, 22), in temple, so ψ 74:6; on stone Zc 3:9, especially פִּתּוּחֵי חֹתָם Ex 28:11, 21, 36; 39:6, 14, 30; in gen. 2 Ch 2:6, 13.