- מִפְתָּח
- מִפְתָּחm. (b. h.; פָּתַח) opening, entrance. Mikv. VIII, 1 חוץ למ׳ (Var. לפתח) outside of the (town) gate; Tosef. ib. VI, 1 (R. S. to Mikv. l. c. פתח).Pesik. R. s. 37 מִפְתַּח שפתיווכ׳ the opening of his lips is blessing and peace. Sabb.XV, 2 (111b) מ׳ חלוקה (Y. ed. מפתחי) the neckhole of her shirt; Y. ib. 15b; a. e.Pl. מִפְתָּחִים, constr. מִפְתְּחֵי. Ber.61a bot. יה״ר דומה … בין שני מ׳ הלב mans evil inclination resembles a fly and is seated between the two valves of the heart; Yalk. Koh. 979; Yalk. Gen. 38.מ׳ חלוק, v. supra.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
