pe.tach denotes an entry point or opening associated with houses, tents, gates, chambers, and other structures.

The supplied verses consistently place the noun at a physical point of access: people stand, gather, or act there; guards watch it; and coverings, doors, and structural features are made for it. It is used for access points of tents, houses, caves, city gates, sanctuary buildings, and chambers, including plural references to multiple such openings.

1. Physical point of access or opening · dominant

   The singular noun marks a location at which people stand or pass: in Exodus 33:9 the cloud stands at the tent's access point, and in 2 Kings 5:9 Naaman stands at Elisha's house. It also identifies built openings and their fittings: in 1 Kings 6:31 doors are made for the sanctuary opening, while Ezekiel 42:12 refers to the openings of chambers and to one opening at the head of a way. In 2 Samuel 10:8 the APB renders the battle position as being "at the entrance of the gate," confirming its use for a city access point.

   Exodus 33:92 Kings 5:91 Kings 6:312 Samuel 10:8Ezekiel 42:11Ezekiel 42:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly renders the relevant location as "entrance," including those of tents, houses, gates, and caves; it also uses "door" in Exodus 12:22 and "doors" in Ezekiel 33:30. These English terms are treated as presentations of the verse's setting rather than as separate definitions.