Lexical Definition

‎נָפַץ‎ nâphats (naw-fats') to shatter ^H:V
a primitive root

be beaten in sunder, break (in pieces), broken, dash (in pieces), cause to be discharged, dispersed, be overspread, scatter.

• to dash to pieces, or scatter

1) to shatter, break, dash, beat in pieces
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to shatter
1a2) shattering (infinitive)
1b) (Piel) to dash to pieces
1c) (Pual) to pulverise
2) to scatter, disperse, overspread, be scattered
2a) (Qal)
2a1) to be scattered
2a2) dispersed (participle)

See Greek: ἄφεσις · διασκορπίζω · διασπείρω · ἐδαφίζω · ἐκτινάσσω · κατακόπτω · συντρίβω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎נָפַץ‎] verb shatter (Late Hebrew id., dash, beat; Assyrian napâƒu, shatter, destroy Dl^{HWB 475}; ᵑ7 ‎נְפַע‎ Pa`el shatter, but also ‎נְפַץ‎ Pa`el, id., Syriac shake, break, so Mandean, Nö^{M. 240, and ZMG xxxii (1878), 406}); —

Qal Infinitive absolute ‎וְנָפוֺץ‎ with accusative Judg 7:19 and a shattering (= and shattered) the jars; Passive participle ‎עֶצֶב‎ ‎נִבְזֶה נָפוּץ‎ Jer 22:28 (figurative) a vessel to be despised (and) shattered (compare Ew Gie Rothst^Kau); also Participle active ‎נֹפֵץ‎ shatterer of the holy people Dan 12:7 (Bev Marti^Kau, reading ‎כִּכְלוֺת יַד נֹפֵץ‎). Pi`el dash to pieces: Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎וְנִפֵּץ‎ consecutive Ps 137:9 with accusative infants ag. (‎אֶל‎) rock; 1 singular ‎וְנִפַּצְתִּ֫י‎ of ‎׳‎‎י‎ dashing all in pieces with (‎ב‎) Babylon as war-club Jer 51:20; Jer 51:21 (twice in verse); Jer 51:22 (3 t. in verse); Jer 51:23 (3 t. in verse); suffix ‎וְנִפַּצְתִּים אִישׁ‎ ‎אֶלאָֿחִיו‎ Jer 13:14 Imperfect 2 masculine singular suffix ‎כִּכְלִי יוֺצֵר תְּנַפְּצֵם‎ Ps 2:9 (i.e. nations); 3 masculine plural ‎נִבְלֵיהֶם יְנַפֵּ֑צוּ‎ Jer 48:12 (symbolic of destroying Moab); Infinitive ‎נַפֵּץ יַדעַֿםקֹֿדֶשׁ‎ Dan 12:7 when (they) finish shattering the hand (figurative for power) of the holy people, but read possibly ‎נֹפֵץ‎, see Qal; ** = break up rafts 1Kgs 5:23*. Pu`al Participle feminine plural ‎מְנֻפָּצוֺת‎ Isa 27:9 like chalk-stones pulverized.

II. ‎נָפַץ‎ verb disperse, be scattered (often taken as secondary √ from Niph`al of ‎פוץ‎, yet compare Late Hebrew ‎נפץ‎, Qal (Participle), Pi`el, scatter; Syriac pour out, throw down, ᵑ7 ‎נְפַץ‎; Arabic shake (irregular correspondence of sibilants compare Nö^l.c.), Ethiopic dissipari, aufugere Di 713); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הָעָם מֵעָלַי‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ 1Sam 13:11 the people were scattered from me; 3 feminine singular ‎נָָֽפְצָה כָלהָֿאָרֶץ‎ Gen 9:19 (J) thence dispersed all (the population of) the earth; 3 plural ‎נָָֽמְצוּ גּוֺיִם‎ Isa 33:3 nations were scattered; Passive participle feminine plural construct ‎נְפֻצוֺת יְהוּדָה‎ Isa 11:12 the dispersed of Judah he shall collect (|| ‎נִדְחֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל‎).

Brown-Driver-Briggs References