pe.ti.chah refers to drawn swords, attested in a verse whose translation does not preserve the term explicitly.

The sole attestation presents the plural noun in connection with drawn swords, but the APB’s rendering of the verse does not make the term’s specific contribution explicit.

1. Drawn swords · dominant

   In Psalm 55:22, the form פְתִחֽוֹת is a common feminine plural absolute noun. The APB renders the verse, “Cast your burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be shaken,” without an explicit English equivalent for the term.

   Psalm 55:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Psalm 55:22, the APB renderings the verse as an exhortation to cast a burden on the LORD and does not explicitly render the term. Its specific English correspondence cannot be isolated.