H6555

פָּרַץ

pa.ratsH:V

to break through

1) to break through or down or over, burst, breach 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to break or burst out (from womb or enclosure) 1a2) to break through or down, make a breach in 1a3) to break into 1a4) to break open 1a5) to break up, break in pieces 1a6) to break out (violently) upon 1a7) to break over (limits), increase 1a8) to use violence 1a9) to burst open 1a10) to spread, distribute 1b) (Niphal) to be broken through 1c) (Pual) to be broken down 1d) (Hithpael) to break away

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. פָּרַץ verb break through (Late Hebrew id.; Jewish-Aramaic פְּרַץ id.; perhaps Assyrian parâƒu (see DlHWB); Arabic cut, slit, also hit); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular פָּרַץ 2Sam 5:20 +; 2 masculine singular suffix פְּרַצְתָּנוּ Ps 60:3, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִפְרֹץ Exod 1:12; Exod 19:22, יִרְְָץֿ v 24, זַיִּפְרֹץ Gen 30:30 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute פָּרֹץ Isa 5:5 construct פְּרֹץ 2Chr 31:5, פְּרוֺץ Eccl 3:3 Participle active פֹּרֵץ Mic 2:13; Eccl 10:8 passive feminine singular פָּרוּצָה 2Chr 32:5; Prov 25:28 masculine plural פְּרֻצִים Neh 4:1 + הֵם פָּרוּצִים Neh 2:13 Qr (> Kt המפרוצים ); — break through:
1. break or burst out, from womb Gen 38:29 (J; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb); from enclosure Mic 2:13.
2. break through, down (from without), with accusative גָּדֵר Isa 5:5; Ps 80:13; Ps 89:41; Eccl 10:8 חוֺמָה Neh 3:35; 2Chr 26:6, compare passive participle Neh 2:13; 2Chr 32:5 with בְּחוֺמָה = make a breach in 2Kgs 14:13 = 2Chr 25:23 עִיר פְּרוּצָה Prov 25:28 absolute, opposed to בָּנָה Eccl 3:3 הַפֹּרֵץ Mic 2:13 הַפְּרוּצִים Neh 4:1 the part broken down.
3. break into, with accusative ׳בֵּית י 2Chr 24:7.
4. break open, a mining shaft Job 28:4.
5. break up, break in pieces, with accusative מַעֲשֶׂיךָ 2Chr 20:37 (|| וַּיִּשָּֽׁבְרוּ אֳנִיּוֺת).
6. break put (violently) upon, of ׳י in sudden judgment, with accusative of person 2Sam 5:20 = 1Chr 14:11; Ps 60:3 c, ב person Exod 19:22; Exod 19:24 (J), I Chron Exod 15:13, so of plague Ps 106:29 of ׳י, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb פֶּרֶין + ב person 2Sam 6:8 = 1Chr 13:11 with accusative of congnate meaning with verb + suffix Job 16:14.
7. use violence absolute Hos 4:2.
8. break over [limits], increase, וַיִפְרֹץ לָרֹב Gen 30:30 (J), 1Chr 4:38 + ה locative Gen 28:14 (J); absolute Gen 30:43 (J), Exod 1:12 (J; + רָבָה), Hos 4:10; Isa 54:3, פָּרַץ בָּאָרֶץ Job 1:10.
9. burst open, intransitive, of wine-vats Prov 3:10 (with accusative of material תִּירוֺשׁ).
10. spread, i.e. become known, of הַדָּבָר 2Chr 31:5. — 1Chr 13:2 is probably corrupt, see Kau, who (after SS) conjectures נֶחֱרָצָה; ׳פ in 2Chr 11:23 is apparently distributive (with מִן partitive) but dubious. — 1Sam 28:23; 2Sam 13:25; 2Sam 13:27; 2Kgs 5:23 see פצר. Niph`al Participle אֵין חָזוֺן נִפְרָ֑ץ 1Sam 3:1 no vision spread abroad (i.e. general, or frequent, compare Qal 10; || הָיָה יָקָר ׳דְּבַר י, but text dubious. Pu`al Participle feminine מְפֹרָ֑צֶת Neh 1:3 (of wall). Hithpa`el Participle plural הַמִּתְפָּֽרְצִים 1Sam 25:10 slaves who break away, each from (מִפְּנֵי) his master.


35 occurrences

Genesis (4), Exodus (2), I Samuel (1), II Samuel (2), II Kings (1), I Chronicles (5), II Chronicles (7), Nehemiah (2), Job (3), Proverbs (1), Ecclesiastes (2), Isaiah (2), Hosea (2), Micah (1)