Lexical Definition

‎פָּצָה‎ pâtsâh (paw-tsaw') to open ^H:V
a primitive root

deliver, gape, open, rid, utter.

• to rend, i.e. open (especially the mouth)

1) to part, open, separate, set free
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to open (mouth), utter
1a2) to snatch away, set free

See Greek: ἀνοίγω · ἀντέπω · διανοίγω · διαστέλλομαι · ἐξαιρέω · λυτρόω · ῥύομαι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎פָּצָה‎] verb part, open (Arabic I, II. separate, remove; Aramaic ‎פְּצָא‎ especially set free, Pa`el set free); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎פָּֽצְתָה‎ Gen 4:11 +, 2 masculine singular ‎פָּצִיתָ‎ Judg 11:36, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִפְצֶה‎ Job 35:16 Imperative masculine singular ‎פְּצֶה‎ Ezek 2:8, suffix ‎פְצֵנִי‎ Ps 144:7; Ps 144:11 Participle ‎פֹּצֶה‎ Isa 10:14, ‎׳‎‎פּוֺ‎ Ps 144:10 —

1. open mouth:
a. to swallow, figurative of ground, ‎הָאֲדָמָה‎ Gen 4:11, (J), Num 16:30 (JE), ‎הָאָרֶץ‎ Deut 11:6 of enemies, + ‎עַל‎ person Lam 2:16; Lam 3:46; Ps 22:14* literal Ezek 2:8.
b. to speak Judg 11:35; Judg 11:36 (utter a vow, + ‎׳‎‎אֶליֿ‎); Job 35:16 hence = utter, ‎אֲשֶׁר פָּצוּ שְׁפָתַי‎ Ps 66:14 of bird chirping ‎פֹּצֶה פֶה‎ Isa 10:14 (in figurative).

2. snatch away, set free (Aramaic loan-word), only Ps 144, + ‎הִצִּיל‎ with ‎מִן‎ vIsa 10:7 vIsa 10:11 ‎׳‎‎פ‎ with ‎מִן‎ vIsa 10:10.

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