H6556

פֶּ֫רֶץ

pe.retsH:N-M

breach

1) breach, gap, bursting forth 1a) bursting forth, outburst 1b) breach 1c) broken wall 1d) outburst (fig. of God's wrath)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. פֶּ֫רֶץ noun masculine^{Job 30:14} bursting forth, breach; absolute ׳פ Judg 21:15 +, פָּ֑רֶץ Gen 38:29 +; construct פֶּרֶץ 2Sam 5:20 +; plural פְּרָצִים Amos 4:3 +, פְּרָצוֺם Ezek 13:5, suffix פִּרְצֵיהֶץ Amos 9:11 (פְּרָצֶיהָ We Now); —

1. bursting forth, out burst, of water 2Sam 5:20 = 1Chr 14:11 from womb Gen 38:29 (J).

2. breach in wall Amos 4:3; 1Kgs 11:27; Neh 6:1; Ps 144:14; Job 30:14 so (with גָּדַר, i.e. repair) Amos 9:11; Isa 58:12 figurative of effect to avert calamity, עָלָה בַּפְּרָצוֺת Ezek 13:5 (|| גָּדַר), עָמַד בַּפֶּרֶץ Ezek 22:30 (|| id.), compare Ps 106:23, by instruction and (especially) intercession.

3. broken wall, נֹפֵל ׳פ Isa 30:13.

4. figurative of outburst of ׳י's wrath, accusative of congnate meaning with verb with פָּרַץ 2Sam 6:8 = 1Chr 13:11; Job 16:14 (פֶּרֶץ עַלפְּֿנֵיפָֿ֑רֶץ); בְּ ׳עָשָׂה פ Judg 21:15.

18 occurrences

Genesis (1), Judges (1), II Samuel (2), I Kings (1), I Chronicles (2), Nehemiah (1), Job (2), Psalms (2), Isaiah (2), Ezekiel (2), Amos (2)