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# פָּצַח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6476

**cause to break** — used 7 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

cause to break [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6476/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פָּצַח: vb. cause to break burst forth, break forth with [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6476/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cause to break or burst forth, break forth with (cf. Arabic فَضَخَ break, crush; Ethiopic ፈጽሐ shatter; Syriac ܦܨܚ is be joyous, hilarious);— Pf. 3 pl. פָּֽצְחוּ רִנָּה Is 14:7 they have broken forth with joyous shout; Impf. יִפְצְחוּ רִנָּה 55:12 (of mts.); Imv. fs. פִצְחִי רִנָּה 54:1 (of Zion); mpl. פִּצְחוּ ר׳ 44:23; 49:13 Qr (\> Kt יפצחו; of mts.); abs. פִּצְחוּ Is 52:9 ψ 98:4 (both + רַנְּנוּ). break bones in pieces: Pf. 3 pl. פִּצֵּ֑חוּ Mi 3:3.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: break forth (5); people have broken forth (1); they will break forth (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 14:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.7/#tree)

נָ֥חָה שָׁקְטָ֖ה כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ פָּצְח֖וּ רִנָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* it.is.at.rest it.is.at.peace all the earth people.have.broken.forth a.shout.of.joy

*JPS 1917:* The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet; they break forth into singing.

[Psalms 98:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.98.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.98.4/#tree)

הָרִ֣יעוּ לַֽ֭יהוָה כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ פִּצְח֖וּ וְרַנְּנ֣וּ וְזַמֵּֽרוּ׃

*Word for word:* shout.for.joy to Yahweh O.all the earth break.forth and sing.for.joy and make.music

*JPS 1917:* Shout unto the LORD, all the earth; break forth and sing for joy, yea, sing praises.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6476.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6476/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).