Lexical Definition

‎פּוּשׁ‎ pûwsh (poosh) to leap ^H:V
a primitive root

grow up, be grown fat, spread selves, be scattered.

• to spread
• figuratively, act proudly

1) to spring about
1a) (Qal) to frisk, act proudly (fig.)
2) (Niphal) to be scattered, be spread

See Greek: ἀπαίρω · σκιρτάω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎פּוּשׁ‎] verb apparently spring about, Qal Perfect 3 plural consecutive ‎וּפָשׁוּ פָּרָשָׁיו‎ Hab 1:8 (but probably strike out ‎וּפָשׁוּ‎ as dittograph see Now); 2 masculine plural consecutive ‎וּפִשְׁתֶּם‎ Mal 3:20*, Imperfect 2 masculine plural ‎תָּפוּשׁוּ‎ Jer 50:11 Qr (so ᵐ5; > Kt ‎תפושׁי‎), in both, simile of gambolling calves.

II. [‎פּוּשׁ‎] verb Niph`al be scattered; — 3 plural ‎נָפ֫שׁוּ עַמְּךָ עַלהֶֿהָרִים‎ Nah 3:18 (read probably ‎נָפֹצוּ‎).

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