---
title: פֶּרֶץ — bursting forth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֶּרֶץ (6556), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: bursting forth. BDB 1906: n.m. bursting forth, breach. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6556.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/1508-3.md)‎ / פֶּרֶץ‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# פֶּרֶץ

<!-- .meta -->
«פֶּרֶץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bursting forth** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 19 times · **Key:** 6556 · **BDB:** פֶּ֫רֶץ

### Glosses

a.breach (8); a.breaking.out (4); breaches (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bursting forth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6556/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. bursting forth, breach [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6556/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jb 30:14 bursting forth, breach; abs. פ׳ Ju 21:15 +, פָּ֑רֶץ Gn 38:29 +; cstr. פֶּרֶץ 2 S 5:20 +; pl. פְּרָצִים Am 4:3 +, פְּרָצוֹת Ez 13:5, sf. פִּרְצֵיהֶן Am 9:11 (פְּרָצֶיהָ We Now);— bursting forth, outburst, of water 2 S 5:20 = 1 Ch 14:11; from womb Gn 38:29 (J). breach in wall Am 4:3; 1 K 11:27; Ne 6:1 ψ 144:14; Jb 30:14; so (c. גָּדַר, i.e. repair) Am 9:11; Is 58:12; fig. of effort to avert calamity, עָלָה בַּפְּרָצוֹה Ez 13:5 (‖ גָּדַר), עָמַד בַּפֶּרֶץ 22:30 (‖ id.), cf. ψ 106:23, by instruction and (especially) intercession. broken wall, פ׳ נֹפֵל Is 30:13. fig. of outburst of י׳’s wrath, acc. cogn. c. פָּרַץ 2 S 6:8 = 1 Ch 13:11; Jb 16:14 (פֶרֶץ עַל־פְנֵי־פָ֑רֶץ); עָשָׂה פ׳ בְּ Ju 21:15.

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֶּרֶץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6556/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Job 30:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.14/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
כְּפֶ֣רֶץ רָחָ֣ב יֶאֱתָ֑יוּ תַּ֥חַת שֹׁ֝אָ֗ה הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* like a.breach wide they.come under devastation they.have.rolled.themselves

*JPS 1917:* As through a wide breach they come; in the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Job 16:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.16.14/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
יִפְרְצֵ֣נִי פֶ֭רֶץ עַל־פְּנֵי־פָ֑רֶץ יָרֻ֖ץ עָלַ֣י כְּגִבּֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* he breaks.through.me a.breach on \[the\].face of.a.breach he.runs on me like a.warrior

*JPS 1917:* He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [פָּרַץ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6555.md)
- next →: [פֶּרֶץ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6557.md)
- ↑ back to [פ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1508-3.md)