Lexical Definition

‎פָּרַץ‎ pârats (paw-rats') to break through ^H:V
a primitive root

[idiom] abroad, (make a) breach, break (away, down, -er, forth, in, up), burst out, come (spread) abroad, compel, disperse, grow, increase, open, press, scatter, urge.

• to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)

1) to break through or down or over, burst, breach
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to break or burst out (from womb or enclosure)
1a2) to break through or down, make a breach in
1a3) to break into
1a4) to break open
1a5) to break up, break in pieces
1a6) to break out (violently) upon
1a7) to break over (limits), increase
1a8) to use violence
1a9) to burst open 1a10) to spread, distribute
1b) (Niphal) to be broken through
1c) (Pual) to be broken down
1d) (Hithpael) to break away

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎פָּרַץ‎ verb break through (Late Hebrew id.; Jewish-Aramaic ‎פְּרַץ‎ id.; perhaps Assyrian parâƒu (see Dl^HWB); Arabic cut, slit, also hit); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎פָּרַץ‎ 2Sam 5:20 +; 2 masculine singular suffix ‎פְּרַצְתָּנוּ‎ Ps 60:3*, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִפְרֹץ‎ Exod 1:12; Exod 19:22, ‎יִרְְָץֿ‎ v 24, ‎זַיִּפְרֹץ‎ Gen 30:30 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute ‎פָּרֹץ‎ Isa 5:5 construct ‎פְּרֹץ‎ 2Chr 31:5, ‎פְּרוֺץ‎ Eccl 3:3 Participle active ‎פֹּרֵץ‎ Mic 2:13; Eccl 10:8 passive feminine singular ‎פָּרוּצָה‎ 2Chr 32:5; Prov 25:28 masculine plural ‎פְּרֻצִים‎ Neh 4:1* + ‎הֵם‎ ‎פָּרוּצִים‎ Neh 2:13 Qr (> Kt ‎המפרוצים‎ ); — break through:

1. break or burst out, from womb Gen 38:29 (J; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb); from enclosure Mic 2:13.

2. break through, down (from without), with accusative ‎גָּדֵר‎ Isa 5:5; Ps 80:13*; Ps 89:41*; Eccl 10:8 ‎חוֺמָה‎ Neh 3:35*; 2Chr 26:6, compare passive participle Neh 2:13; 2Chr 32:5 with ‎בְּחוֺמָה‎ = make a breach in 2Kgs 14:13 = 2Chr 25:23 ‎עִיר פְּרוּצָה‎ Prov 25:28 absolute, opposed to ‎בָּנָה‎ Eccl 3:3 ‎הַפֹּרֵץ‎ Mic 2:13 ‎הַפְּרוּצִים‎ Neh 4:1* the part broken down.

3. break into, with accusative ‎׳‎‎בֵּית י‎ 2Chr 24:7.

4. break open, a mining shaft Job 28:4.

5. break up, break in pieces, with accusative ‎מַעֲשֶׂיךָ‎ 2Chr 20:37 (|| ‎וַּיִּשָּֽׁבְרוּ אֳנִיּוֺת‎).

6. break put (violently) upon, of ‎׳‎‎י‎ in sudden judgment, with accusative of person 2Sam 5:20 = 1Chr 14:11; Ps 60:3* c, ‎ב‎ person Exod 19:22; Exod 19:24 (J), I Chron Exod 15:13, so of plague Ps 106:29 of ‎׳‎‎י‎, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb ‎פֶּרֶין‎ + ‎ב‎ person 2Sam 6:8 = 1Chr 13:11 with accusative of congnate meaning with verb + suffix Job 16:14.

7. use violence absolute Hos 4:2.

8. break over [limits], increase, ‎וַיִפְרֹץ לָרֹב‎ Gen 30:30 (J), 1Chr 4:38 + ‎ה‎ locative Gen 28:14 (J); absolute Gen 30:43 (J), Exod 1:12 (J; + ‎רָבָה‎), Hos 4:10; Isa 54:3, ‎פָּרַץ בָּאָרֶץ‎ Job 1:10.

9. burst open, intransitive, of wine-vats Prov 3:10 (with accusative of material ‎תִּירוֺשׁ‎).

10. spread, i.e. become known, of ‎הַדָּבָר‎ 2Chr 31:5. — 1Chr 13:2 is probably corrupt, see Kau, who (after SS) conjectures ‎נֶחֱרָצָה‎; ‎׳‎‎פ‎ in 2Chr 11:23 is apparently distributive (with ‎מִן‎ partitive) but dubious. — 1Sam 28:23; 2Sam 13:25; 2Sam 13:27; 2Kgs 5:23 see ‎פצר‎. Niph`al Participle ‎אֵין חָזוֺן נִפְרָ֑ץ‎ 1Sam 3:1 no vision spread abroad (i.e. general, or frequent, compare Qal 10; || ‎הָיָה יָקָר‎ ‎׳‎‎דְּבַר י‎, but text dubious. Pu`al Participle feminine ‎מְפֹרָ֑צֶת‎ Neh 1:3 (of wall). Hithpa`el Participle plural ‎הַמִּתְפָּֽרְצִים‎ 1Sam 25:10 slaves who break away, each from (‎מִפְּנֵי‎) his master.

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