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title: נָפַץ — disperse · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָפַץ (lemma:נָפַץ), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: disperse. BDB 1906: vb. disperse, be scattered. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָפַץ

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«נָפַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **disperse** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:נָפַץ · **BDB:** נָפַץ²

### Glosses

it.dispersed (1); it.was.scattered (1); they.were.scattered (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

disperse [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e4_5b7_5e5/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. disperse, be scattered [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e4_5b7_5e5/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. disperse, be scattered (often taken as secondary √ from Niph. of פוץ, yet cf. NH נפץ, Qal (Pt.), Pi., scatter; Syriac ܢܦܰܨ pour out, throw down, 𝔗 נְפַץ; Arabic نَفَضَ shake (irreg. correspondence of sibilants cf. Nö l.c.), Ethiopic ነፍጸ: dissipari, aufugere Di 713);— Pf. 3 ms. נ׳ הָעָם מֵעָלַי 1 S 13:11 the people were scattered from me; 3 fs. נָֽפְצָה כָל־הָאָרֶץ Gn 9:19 (J) thence dispersed all (the population of) the earth; 3 pl. נָֽפְצוּ גּוֹיִם Is 33:3 nations were scattered; Pt. pass. fpl. cstr. נְפֻצוֹת יְהוּדָה Is 11:12 the dispersed of Judah (‖ נִדְחֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל)—v. I. \[פּוּץ\] for 2 S 18:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָפַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5e4_5b7_5e5/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 33:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.33.3/)

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מִקּ֣וֹל הָמ֔וֹן נָדְד֖וּ עַמִּ֑ים מֵר֣וֹמְמֻתֶ֔ךָ נָפְצ֖וּ גּוֹיִֽם׃

*Word for word:* from.\[the\] sound of.tumult they.flee peoples from arising your they.were.scattered nations

*JPS 1917:* At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of Thyself the nations are scattered.

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[Genesis 9:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.9.19/)

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שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵי־נֹ֑חַ וּמֵאֵ֖לֶּה נָֽפְצָ֥ה כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* three these \[were\].the.sons of.Noah and from these it.dispersed all the earth

*JPS 1917:* These three were the sons of Noah, and of these was the whole earth overspread.

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