"פות" meaning in Hebrew

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Noun

Forms: פֹּת [canonical], pót [romanization], פותות [indefinite, plural], פֻּתּוֹת [indefinite, plural]
Etymology: Root פ־ו־ת (p-w-t) In Biblical Hebrew attested twice ambiguously: In the First Book of Kings 7:50 either “front side” or “socket of the door pin” of a door; in the Book of Isaiah 3:17 skulls of women are made scabby and their פֹּת (pōṯ) bared, where it is natural to assume it to mean “foreheads” rather than “pudenda”; due to the scarcity of genital vocabulary from biblical sources one was enticed to instead find it in reinterpretation, just like אֲבִיּוֹנָה (aḇiyyônâ, “caperberry”) came to mean “orgasm”. So it appears as a technical and cultic term borrowed into Proto-Hebrew from Akkadian 𒊕𒆠 (pūtum, “forehead; front”), from Proto-Semitic *piʔat- (“side, edge; fore; forehead”), the same source as פֵּאָה (pēʾâ, “edge, side, face”). Etymology templates: {{l|he|פ־ו־ת|tr=p-w-t}} פ־ו־ת (p-w-t), {{HE root|פות}} Root פ־ו־ת (p-w-t), {{cog|hbo|-}} Biblical Hebrew, {{m-self|he|פות|פֹּת|tr=pōṯ}} פֹּת (pōṯ), {{m|he|אֲבִיּוֹנָה|t=caperberry|tr=aḇiyyônâ}} אֲבִיּוֹנָה (aḇiyyônâ, “caperberry”), {{bor|he|akk|pūtum|𒊕𒆠|t=forehead; front|tr=pūtum}} Akkadian 𒊕𒆠 (pūtum, “forehead; front”), {{der|he|sem-pro|*piʔat-|t=side, edge; fore; forehead}} Proto-Semitic *piʔat- (“side, edge; fore; forehead”), {{doublet|he|פֵּאָה|notext=1|t1=edge, side, face|tr1=pēʾâ}} פֵּאָה (pēʾâ, “edge, side, face”) Head templates: {{he-noun|dwv=פֹּת|g=f|pl=פותות|pldwv=פֻּתּוֹת|tr=pót}} פות / פֹּת • (pót) f (plural indefinite פותות / פֻּתּוֹת)
  1. vagina, female genitalia Wikipedia link: Book of Isaiah, First Book of Kings Categories (topical): Body parts

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