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title: פָּצַץ — break · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּצַץ (lemma:פָּצַץ), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: break. BDB 1906: vb. break Pōʿ. Hithpōʿ. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּצַץ

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«פָּצַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:פָּצַץ · **BDB:** פָּצַץ

### Glosses

\[which\].it.shatters (1); he (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

break [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e6_5b7_5e5/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. break Pōʿ. Hithpōʿ. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e6_5b7_5e5/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. break (Arabic فَضَّ break, break asunder; Nab. פצץ break asunder; Syriac ܦܰܥ crush);—Pōʿ. Impf. 3 ms. יְפֹצֵץ סָ֑לַע Je 23:29 a hammer which shatters rock. Impf. 3 ms. sf. וַיְפַצְפְּצֵנִי Jb 16:12 he \[God\] dashed me in pieces (fig.) Hithpōʿ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּצַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e6_5b7_5e5/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 23:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.23.29/)

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הֲל֨וֹא כֹ֧ה דְבָרִ֛י כָּאֵ֖שׁ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה וּכְפַטִּ֖ישׁ יְפֹ֥צֵֽץ סָֽלַע׃ס

*Word for word:* ? not thus word \[is\].my like (the) fire the.utterance of.Yahweh and like a.hammer \[which\].it.shatters rock

*JPS 1917:* Is not My word like as fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

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[Job 16:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.16.12/)

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שָׁ֘לֵ֤ו הָיִ֨יתִי ׀ וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִי וְאָחַ֣ז בְּ֭עָרְפִּי וַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵ֑נִי וַיְקִימֵ֥נִי ל֝֗וֹ לְמַטָּרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* at.ease I.was and he smashed.me and he.took.hold on neck my and he shattered.me and he set.me.up for himself to a.target

*JPS 1917:* I was at ease, and He broke me asunder; yea, He hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces; He hath also set me up for His mark.

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