H6475
פָּצָה
to open
1) to part, open, separate, set free 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to open (mouth), utter 1a2) to snatch away, set free
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
[פָּצָה] verb part, open (Arabic I, II. separate, remove; Aramaic פְּצָא especially set free, Pa`el set free); —
Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular פָּֽצְתָה Gen 4:11 +, 2 masculine singular פָּצִיתָ Judg 11:36, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִפְצֶה Job 35:16 Imperative masculine singular פְּצֶה Ezek 2:8, suffix פְצֵנִי Ps 144:7; Ps 144:11 Participle פֹּצֶה Isa 10:14, ׳פּוֺ Ps 144:10 —
1. open mouth:
a. to swallow, figurative of ground, הָאֲדָמָה Gen 4:11, (J), Num 16:30 (JE), הָאָרֶץ Deut 11:6 of enemies, + עַל person Lam 2:16; Lam 3:46; Ps 22:14 literal Ezek 2:8.
b. to speak Judg 11:35; Judg 11:36 (utter a vow, + ׳אֶליֿ); Job 35:16 hence = utter, אֲשֶׁר פָּצוּ שְׁפָתַי Ps 66:14 of bird chirping פֹּצֶה פֶה Isa 10:14 (in figurative).
a. to swallow, figurative of ground, הָאֲדָמָה Gen 4:11, (J), Num 16:30 (JE), הָאָרֶץ Deut 11:6 of enemies, + עַל person Lam 2:16; Lam 3:46; Ps 22:14 literal Ezek 2:8.
b. to speak Judg 11:35; Judg 11:36 (utter a vow, + ׳אֶליֿ); Job 35:16 hence = utter, אֲשֶׁר פָּצוּ שְׁפָתַי Ps 66:14 of bird chirping פֹּצֶה פֶה Isa 10:14 (in figurative).
2. snatch away, set free (Aramaic loan-word), only Ps 144, + הִצִּיל with מִן vIsa 10:7 vIsa 10:11 ׳פ with מִן vIsa 10:10.
12 occurrences
Genesis (1), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (1), Psalms (4), Isaiah (1), Lamentations (2), Ezekiel (1)