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title: פָּצַח — cause to break · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּצַח (lemma:פָּצַח), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: cause to break. BDB 1906: vb. cause to break burst forth, break forth with. With 1 verse 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:פָּצַח · **BDB:** פָּצַח

### Glosses

they.have.broken.in.pieces (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cause to break [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e6_5b7_5d7/#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/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e6_5b7_5d7/#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, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 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/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e6_5b7_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Micah 3:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.3.3/)

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וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר אָכְלוּ֮ שְׁאֵ֣ר עַמִּי֒ וְעוֹרָם֙ מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֣ם הִפְשִׁ֔יטוּ וְאֶת־עַצְמֹֽתֵיהֶ֖ם פִּצֵּ֑חוּ וּפָרְשׂוּ֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּסִּ֔יר וּכְבָשָׂ֖ר בְּת֥וֹךְ קַלָּֽחַת׃

*Word for word:* and.\[those\] who they.have.eaten the.flesh my.people my and skin their from on them they.have.stripped.off and (et) bones their they.have.broken.in.pieces and they.have.chopped.\[them\].up just as in the pot and like meat in.\[the\] midst of.a.caldron

*JPS 1917:* Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones; yea, they chop them in pieces, as that which is in the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

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