 In the masoretic text of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), Parashah Va'etchanan has six "open portion" (, "petuchah") divisions (roughly equivalent to paragraphs, often abbreviated with the Hebrew letter ("peh")).Parashah Va'etchanan has several further subdivisions, called "closed portions" (, "setumah") (abbreviated with the Hebrew letter ("samekh")) within the open portion (, "petuchah") divisions.The first open portion (, "petuchah") divides the first reading (, "aliyot").