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brēch : Represented by (1) פרץ , perec = "a tear," "a rending asunder," "a break," hence, figuratively "enmity," "disruption," "strife" (Genesis 38:29; Judges 21:15; 2 Samuel 5:20; 1 Chronicles 15:13; Nehemiah 6:1; Job 16:14; Psalm 106:23; Isaiah 30:13; Isaiah 58:12 ); (2) שׁבר , shebher = "fracture," "affliction," "bruise," "destruction" (Leviticus 24:20; Jeremiah 14:17; Lamentations 2:13; Psalm 60:2 ); (3) בּדק , bedheḳ = "a gap" or "leak" (in a building or ship) occurring in 2 Kings 12:5-8 , 2 Kings 12:12; 2 Kings 22:5; (4) תּנוּאה , tenū'āh = "alienation," "breach of promise" (Numbers 14:34 the King James Version); (5) מפרץ , miphrāc = "a break" (in the shore), and hence, "a haven" (Judges 5:17 , the Revised Version (British and American) "creeks").
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Breach'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/b/breach.html. 1915.
