 In traditional Sabbath Torah reading, the parashah is divided into seven readings, or , "aliyot".In the Masoretic Text of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), Parashah Haazinu has two "open portion" (, "petuchah") divisions (roughly equivalent to paragraphs, often abbreviated with the Hebrew letter ("peh")).The first open portion (, "petuchah") spans nearly the entire parashah, except for the concluding maftir () reading.