Word study resources

Dahood, M., "Hebrew and Ugaritic Equivalents of Akkadian pitū pūridā," Bib 39:67-69 (Isaiah 45:1, "I shall 'loose' (pātaḥ) in the Piel) the loins of kings" does not mean, "I shall disarm kings" but "I shall make the kings run").

Emerton, J., "Binding And Loosing: Forgiving And Retaining," JTS 13:325-31. (pātaḥ may throw light on "whatsoever you loose on earth," Matthew 16:19).

Gertner, M., "Terms of Scriptural Interpretation: a Study in Hebrew Semantics," BSOAS 25:1-27, esp. pp. 14-16 (pātaḥ means 'interpret/interpretation' in Psalm 49:4 [H 5]; Psalm 119:130).

Wilson, R. R., "An Interpretation of Ezekiel's Dumbness," VT 22:91-104.