Lexical Definition

‎פּוּץ‎ pûwts (poots) to scatter ^H:V
a primitive root

break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces, cast (abroad), disperse (selves), drive, retire, scatter (abroad), spread abroad.

• to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)

1) to scatter, be dispersed, be scattered
1a) (Qal) to be dispersed, be scattered
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be scattered
1b2) to be spread abroad
1c) (Hiphil) to scatter
1d) Hithpael) scatter
2) (Qal) to flow, overflow
3) to break
3a) (Polel) to shatter
3b) (Pilpel) to dash to pieces

See Greek: ἀποστέλλω · διανοίγω · διασκορπίζω · διασπάω · διασπείρω · ἐμφυσάω · κόπτω · σκορπίζω · σπείρω

Extended Information

• n.m.
• scatterer

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎פּוּץ‎] verb be dispersed, scattered (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; perhaps akin to Arabic break asunder, scatter); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יָפוּצוּ‎ Ps 68:2*, ‎יָפֻצוּ‎ Ezek 48:16 +; 3 feminine plural ‎וַתְּפוּצֶינָה‎ Ezek 34:5 +, ‎וּתְפוּצֶינָה‎ Zech 13:7, etc.; Imperative masculine plural ‎פֻּצוּ‎ 1Sam 14:34 Participle passive plural suffix ‎פּוּצַי‎ Zeph 3:10 (see below); — be dispersed, disperse, ‎בָּעָם‎ 1Sam 14:34 be scattered, of enemies 1Sam 11:11; Num 10:35; Ps 68:2* of Israel (among nations) under figure of flock Ezek 34:5 (twice in verse); Zech 13:7 ‎בַּתפּֿוּצַי‎ Zeph 3:10 is probably corrupt, and vZeph 3:9 vZeph 3:10 gloss see Schw^{ZAW x (1890), 203} Now Da; of besieging army 2Sam 20:22 (‎מֵעַל הָעִיר‎); people from (‎מִן‎) possessions Ezek 46:18 men (from Babel) Gen 11:4 (‎עַל‎ location). Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎נָפ֫וֺצָה‎ Jer 10:21, 3 plural ‎נָפֹ֫צוּ‎ Gen 10:18 +, 2 masculine plural ‎נְפֹצֹתֶם‎ Ezek 11:17 +, etc.; Participle feminine ‎נָפ֫וֺצֶת‎ 2Sam 18:8 Qr (> Kt ‎נפצות‎) compare Dr and others; plural ‎נְפֹצִים‎ 1Kgs 22:17, ‎נְפוֺצִים‎ 2Chr 18:16 —

1. be scattered, of army 2Kgs 25:5 (‎מֵעַל‎ person) = Jer 52:8; 1Kgs 22:17 (‎אֶל‎ location) = 2Chr 18:16 (‎עַל‎), compare Jer 40:15 (absolute); of dispersed Israel with ‎ב‎ location Ezek 11:17; Ezek 20:34; Ezek 20:41; Ezek 28:25, as flock Jer 10:21; Ezek 34:6 (‎עַל‎ location), vEzek 34:12 (‎שָׁם‎); Egyptians Ezek 29:13 (‎שָׁמָּה‎); of battle scattered over country by defeat 2Sam 18:8.

2. be spread abroad, of peoples Gen 10:18.

Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive ‎וְהֵפִיץ‎ Deut 4:27 +, 1 singular consecutive ‎וַהֲפִיצוֺתִי‎ Ezek 22:15, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָפִיץ‎ Job 37:11, ‎וַיָּ֫פֶץ‎ Gen 11:8 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎הָפֵץ‎ Job 40:11 Infinitive construct ‎לְהָפִיץ‎ Ezek 20:23, etc.; —

1. transitive scatter:
a. with accusative of person Gen 11:8; Gen 11:9 (‎עַל‎ location), Isa 41:16; Hab 3:14 with ‎ב‎ Gen 49:7 Israel among (‎ב‎) nations Deut 4:27; Deut 28:64; Jer 9:15*; Ezek 11:16; Ezek 12:15; Ezek 20:23; Ezek 22:15; Ezek 36:19; Neh 1:8 with ‎שׁמ(הׅ‎ Deut 30:3; Jer 30:11 with ‎אֶל‎ location Ezek 34:21 absolute Jer 13:24; Jer 18:17, under figure of flock Jer 23:1; Jer 23:2 Gr. reads ‎אֲפִיצֵם‎ also Deut 32:26 (see [‎פאה‎]); Egyptians (c.‎ב‎) Ezek 29:12; Ezek 30:23; Ezek 30:26 inhabitants of earth Isa 24:1.
b. with accusative of thing, arrows (figurative for lightnings) 2Sam 22:15 = Ps 18:15*; Ps 144:6 cloud Job 37:11 ‎הָפֵץ עַבְרוֺת אַפֶּ֑ךָ‎ Job 40:11 (i.e. lightnings ?); seed Isa 28:25.
c. ‎וֶהֱפִיצֻהוּ‎ Job 18:11 and drive him (si vera lectio, see conjecture in Bu).

2. intransitive, scatter, with ‎ב‎ location Exod 5:12, with ‎מֵעַל‎ person 1Sam 13:8 of wind Job 38:24 (‎עַל‎ location).

II. ‎פּוּץ‎ verb flow, overflow (Arabic flow, compare Ba^{ES 69}); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יָפוּצוּ‎ Prov 5:16 of springs, figurative for sources of pleasure; 3 feminine plural ‎תְּפוּצֶנָה עָרַי מִטוֺב‎ Zech 1:17 my cities shall overflow with good.

[‎פָּצַץ‎] verb break (Arabic break, break asunder; Nabataean ‎פצץ‎ break asunder; Syriac crush); —

Po`. Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יְפֹצֵץ סָ֑לַע‎ Jer 23:29 a hammer which shatters rock. Hithpo`el Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎וַיִּתְפִּצְצוּ‎ Hab 3:6 and the eternal mountains were shattered (elsewhere √ ‎פּוּץ‎ were scattered). Pilpel Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎וַיְפַצְפְּצֵנִי‎ Job 16:12 he [God] dashed me in pieces (figurative).

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