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Strong's #6327 - פָּצַץ
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- to scatter, be dispersed, be scattered
- (Qal) to be dispersed, be scattered
- (Niphal)
- to be scattered
- to be spread abroad
- (Hiphil) to scatter
- Hithpael) scatter
- (Qal) to flow, overflow
- to break
- (Polel) to shatter
- (Pilpel) to dash to pieces
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1386) yp (פתס PTs) AC: Smash CO: Club AB: ?: The pictograph p is a picture of an open mouth, the y is a picture of a man on his side. Combined these mean "open the side". When a pot is struck on its side, it is opened and the pieces scatter.
H) eyp (פתסה PTsH) AC: Open CO: ? AB: ?
V) eyp (פתסה PTsH) - Open: To open the mouth. KJV (15): (vf: Paal) open, rid, gape, utter - Strongs: H6475 (פָּצָה)
J) yfp (פותס PWTs) AC: Scatter CO: ? AB: ?: A breaking of something into pieces.
V) yfp (פותס PWTs) - Scatter: KJV (67): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Pilpel) scatter, disperse, cast, drive, break, shake, dash, retire - Strongs: H6327 (פָּצַץ)
if1) eyfpt (תפותסה TPWTsH) - Scattering: KJV (1): disperse - Strongs: H8600 (תְּפוּצָה)
M) yip (פיתס PYTs) AC: ? CO: Club AB: ?
km ) yipm (מפיתס MPYTs) - Club: KJV (1): maul - Strongs: H4650 (מֵפִיץ)
Adopted Roots:
- A2422 Ypn (Scatter, Club)
- A2597 Rzp (Scatter)
- A2625 Hyp (Break)
- A2627 Myp (Crack)
- A2628 Oyp (Smash, Bruise)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Imperfect 3 masculine plural יָפוּצוּ Psalm 68:2, יָפֻצוּ Ezekiel 48:16 +; 3 feminine plural וַתְּפוּצֶינָה Ezekiel 34:5 +, וּתְפוּצֶינָה Zechariah 13:7, etc.; Imperative masculine plural מֻּצוּ 1 Samuel 14:34; Participle passive plural suffix מּוּצַי Zephaniah 3:10 (see below); — be dispersed, disperse, בָּעָם 1 Samuel 14:34; be scattered, of enemies 1 Samuel 11:11; Numbers 10:35; Psalm 68:2; of Israel (among nations) under figure of flock Ezekiel 34:5 (twice in verse); Zechariah 13:7; בַּתמּֿוּצַי Zephaniah 3:10 is probably corrupt, and Zephaniah 3:9; Zephaniah 3:10 gloss see Schw ZAW x (1890), 203 Now Da; of besieging army 2 Samuel 20:22 (מֵעַל הָעִיר); people from (מִן) possessions Ezekiel 46:18; men (from Babel) Genesis 11:4 (עַל location).
Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular נָפ֫וֺצָה Jeremiah 10:21,3plural נָפֹ֫צוּ Genesis 10:18 +, 2 masculine plural נְפֹצֹתֶם Ezekiel 11:17 +, etc.; Participle feminine נָפ֫וֺצֶת 2 Samuel 18:8 Qr (> Kt נפצות) compare Dr and others; plural נְפֹצִים 1 Kings 22:17, נְפוֺצִים 2 Chronicles 18:16; —
1 be scattered, of army 2 Kings 25:5 (מֵעַל person) = Jeremiah 52:8; 1 Kings 22:17 (אֶל location) = 2 Chronicles 18:16 (עַל), compare Jeremiah 40:15 (absolute); of dispersed Israel with ב location Ezekiel 11:17; Ezekiel 20:34,41; Ezekiel 28:25, as flock Jeremiah 10:21; Ezekiel 34:6 (עַל location), Ezekiel 34:12 (שָׁם); Egyptians Ezekiel 29:13 (שָׁמָּה); of battle scattered over country by defeat 2 Samuel 18:8.
2 be spread abroad, of peoples Genesis 10:18.
Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive וְהֵפִיץ Deuteronomy 4:27 +, 1 singular consecutive וַהֲפִיצוֺתִי Ezekiel 22:15, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יָפִיץ Job 37:11, וַיָּ֫פֶץ Genesis 11:8 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הָפֵץ Job 40:11; Infinitive construct לְהָפִיץ Ezekiel 20:23, etc.; —
1 transitive scatter:
a. with accusative of person Genesis 11:8,9 (עַל location), Isaiah 41:16; Habakkuk 3:14; with ב Genesis 49:7; Israel among (ב) nations Deuteronomy 4:27; Deuteronomy 28:64; Jeremiah 9:15; Ezekiel 11:16; Ezekiel 12:15; Ezekiel 20:23; Ezekiel 22:15; Ezekiel 36:19; Nehemiah 1:8; with שׁמ(הׅ Deuteronomy 30:3; Jeremiah 30:11; with אֶל location Ezekiel 34:21; absolute Jeremiah 13:24; Jeremiah 18:17, under figure of flock Jeremiah 23:1,2; Gr. reads אֲפִיצֵם also Deuteronomy 32:26 (see [פאה]); Egyptians (c.ב) Ezekiel 29:12; Ezekiel 30:23,26; inhabitants of earth Isaiah 24:1.
b. with accusative of thing, arrows (figurative for lightnings) 2 Samuel 22:15 = Psalm 18:15; Psalm 144:6; cloud Job 37:11; הָפֵץ עַבְרוֺת אַמֶּ֑ךָ Job 40:11 (i.e. lightnings ?); seed Isaiah 28:25.
c.וֶהֱפִיצֻהוּ Job 18:11 and drive him (si vera lectio, see conjecture in Bu).
2 intransitive, scatter, with ב location Exodus 5:12, with מֵעַל person 1 Samuel 13:8; of wind Job 38:24 (עַל location).
II. מּוּץ verb flow, overflow (Arabic flow, compare Ba Esther 69); —
Qal Imperfect 3 masculine plural יָפוּצוּ Proverbs 5:16 of springs, figurative for sources of pleasure; 3 feminine plural תְּפוּצֶנָה עָרַי מִטוֺב Zechariah 1:17 my cities shall overflow with good.
[מָּצַץ] verb break (Arabic break, break asunder; Nabataean פצץ break asunder; Syriac crush); —
Po`. Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְפֹצֵץ סָ֑לַע Jeremiah 23:29 a hammer which shatters rock.
Hithpo`el Imperfect 3 masculine plural וַיִּתְמִּצְצוּ Habakkuk 3:6 and the eternal mountains were shattered (elsewhere √ מּוּץ were scattered).
Pilpel Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix וַיְפַצְמְּצֵנִי Job 16:12 he [God] dashed me in pieces (figurative).