פשט

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /paˈʃat/

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פָּשַׁט • (pashát) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִפְשַׁט)

1. to remove, to take off (one's clothing)
   • Tanach, Song of Songs 5:3, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     פָּשַׁטְתִּי אֶת־כֻּתָּנְתִּי, אֵיכָכָה אֶלְבָּשֶׁנָּה?

     pashátti et-kuttontí, ēchachá elbashéna?

     I had put off my garment, how could I put it on?

2. to extend (a limb); to reach out
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Shabbat, section 1.1:

     פשט בעל הבית את ידו לחוץ ונתן לתוך ידו של עני, או שנטל מתוכה והבניס, בעל הבית חיב והעני פטור

     pashat ba'al habayit yado lakhuts v'natan l'tokh yado shel ani, o shenatal mitokha v'hikhnis, ba'al habayit khayav v'he'ani patur.

     [if] the lord of the house extended his hand to the outside and gave [something] into the hand of the poor man, or took something from [the poor man's hand] and brought [it] inside, the lord of the house is liable and the poor man is exempt.

3. to spread, to proliferate
   • Tanach, Nahum 3:16, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     הִרְבֵּית רֹכְלַיִךְ, מִכּוֹכְבֵי הַשָּׁמָיִם; יֶלֶק פָּשַׁט, וַיָּעֹף.

     hirbḗt rochəláich, mikkochəvḗ hasshamáim; yéleq pashát, vayya'óf.

     Thou hast multiplied thy merchants Above the stars of heaven; The canker-worm spreadeth itself, and flieth away.

• פָּשַׁט אֶת הָרֶגֶל (pashát ét harégel)

פִּשֵּׁט • (pishét) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of פישט

פֻּשַּׁט • (pushát) (pu'al construction)

1. defective spelling of פושט

• H6584 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

פְּשָׁט • (p'shát) m [pattern: קְטָל]

1. literalness (The straightforward meaning)

• → English: peshat