Home › Words › P › pashtapashtapashta means A cantillation mark found in Hebrew religious texts.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, pashta ranks #16,734 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Hebrew פַּשְׁטָא (pashtá, literally “stretching out”).nounA cantillation mark found in Hebrew religious texts.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.patach 68% match — A vowel point in the Hebrew script appearing as a horizontal line placed below a letter (ִ◌ַ) and designating the open vowel a /a/. vs pashta →darga 63% match — A Hebrew cantillation mark found in the Torah, the Haftarah, etc., resembling a backwards Z. vs pashta →parashah 59% match — A section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh, which may be open (a petuhah) or closed (a setumah). vs pashta →pasch 57% match — Passover. vs pashta →punctator 55% match — One who marks with points, especially in writing Hebrew. vs pashta →pasuk 55% match — A verse of the Torah vs pashta →fatha 55% match — In Arabic script, the vowel point for a, appearing as a diagonal line placed above a letter ( ـَ ) and designating a short a /a/. If the Arabic letters ا (أَلِف (ʔalif)) or ى (أَلِف مَقْصُورَة (ʔalif maqṣūra)) immediately follow, it indicates a long ā /aː/. vs pashta →piyyut 54% match — A Jewish liturgical poem. vs pashta →