--- title: פּוּץ — be dispersed · The Tanakh dictionary description: פּוּץ (6327), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 65 times: be dispersed. BDB 1906: vb. be dispersed, scattered. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6327.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [פ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1508.md)‎ / פּוּץ‎ # פּוּץ «פּוּץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be dispersed** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 65 times · **Key:** 6327 · **BDB:** פּוּץ ### Glosses they.were.scattered (7); I (6); I.will.scatter (5) ### Meaning (OSHB) be dispersed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6327/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. be dispersed, scattered [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6327/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. be dispersed, scattered (NH = BH; perhaps akin to Arabic فَضَّ break asunder, scatter);— Impf. 3 mpl. יָפוּצוּ ψ 68:2, יָפֻצוּ Ez 48:16 +; 3 fpl. וַתְּפוּצֶינָה Ez 34:5 +, וּתְפוּצֶינָה Zc 13:7, etc.; Imv. mpl. פֻּצוּ 1 S 14:34; Pt. pass. pl. sf. פּוּצַי Zp 3:10 (v. infr.);—be dispersed, disperse, בָּעָם 1 S 14:34; be scattered, of enemies 1 S 11:11; Nu 10:35 ψ 68:2; of Isr. (among nations) under fig. of flock Ez 34:5(×2); Zc 13:7; בַּת־פּוּצַי Zp 3:10 is prob. crpt., and v 9, 10 gloss v. SchwallyZAW x (1890), 203 Now Da; of besieging army 2 S 20:22 (מֵעַל הָעִיר); people from (מִן) possessions Ez 46:18; men (from Babel) Gn 11:4 (עַל loc.). Pf. 3 fs. נָפ֫וֹצָה Je 10:21, 3 pl. נָ֫פֹצוּ Gn 10:18 +, 2 mpl. נְפֹצֹתֶם Ez 11:17 +, etc.; Pt. f. נָפ֫וֹצֶת 2 S 18:8 Qr (\> Kt נפצות) cf. Dr al.; pl. נְפֹצִים 1 K 22:17, נְפוֹצִים 2 Ch 18:16;— be scattered, of army 2 K 25:5 (מֵעַל pers.) = Je 52:8, 1 K 22:17 (אֶל loc.) = 2 Ch 18:16 (עַל), cf. Je 40:15 (abs.); of dispersed Isr. c. ב loc. Ez 11:17; 20:34, 41; 28:25, as flock Je 10:21; Ez 34:6 (עַל loc.), v 12 (שָׁם); Egyptians 29:13 (שָׁמָּה); of battle scattered over country by defeat 2 S 18:8. be spread abroad, of peoples Gn 10:18. Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְהֵפִיץ Dt 4:27 +, 1 s. consec. וַהֲפִיצוֹתִי Ez 22:15, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יָפִיץ Jb 37:11, וַיָּ֫פֶץ Gn 11:8 +, etc.; Imv. ms. הָפֵץ Jb 40:11; Inf. cstr. לְהָפִיץ Ez 20:23, etc.;— trans. scatter: c. acc. pers. Gn 11:8, 9 (עַל loc.), Is 41:16; Hb 3:14; c. ב Gn 49:7; Isr. among (ב) nations Dt 4:27; 28:64; Je 9:15; Ez 11:16; 12:15; 20:23; 22:15; 36:19; Ne 1:8; c. שׁם(ה) Dt 30:3; Je 30:11; c. אֶל loc. Ez 34:21; abs. Je 13:24; 18:17, under fig. of flock Je 23:1, 2; Gr reads אֲפִיצֵם also Dt 32:26 (v. \[פאה\]); Egyptians (c. ב) Ez 29:12; 30:23, 26; inhab. of earth Is 24:1. c. acc. rei, arrows (fig. for lightnings) 2 S 22:15 = ψ 18:15, ψ 144:6; cloud Jb 37:11; הָפֵץ עַבְרוֹת אַפֶּ֑ךָ 40:11 (i.e. lightnings?); seed Is 28:25. וֶהֱפִיצֻהוּ Jb 18:11 and drive him (si vera l., vid. conj. in Bu). intrans., scatter, c. ב loc. Ex 5:12, c. מֵעַל pers. 1 S 13:8; of wind Jb 38:24 (עַל loc.). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 60 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «פּוּץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6327/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [2 Samuel 22:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.15/) וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח חִצִּ֖ים וַיְפִיצֵ֑ם בָּרָ֖ק וַיָּהֹֽם׃ *Word for word:* and he.sent.out arrows and he scattered.them lightning and he.confused.\[them\] *JPS 1917:* And He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. [Job 37:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.11/) אַף־בְּ֭רִי יַטְרִ֣יחַ עָ֑ב יָ֝פִ֗יץ עֲנַ֣ן אוֹרֽוֹ׃ *Word for word:* also with moisture he.burdens \[the\].dark.cloud\[s\] he.scatters the.cloud his.light his *JPS 1917:* Yea, He ladeth the thick cloud with moister, He spreadeth abroad the cloud of His lightning; - ← previous: [פּוּעָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6326.md) - next →: [פוץ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8600.md) - ↑ back to [פ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1508.md)