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title: פָּצַח — cause to break · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּצַח (6476), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: cause to break. BDB 1906: vb. cause to break burst forth, break forth with. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּצַח

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«פָּצַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cause to break** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 6476 · **BDB:** פָּצַח

### Glosses

break.forth (5); people.have.broken.forth (1); they.will.break.forth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּצַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6476/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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