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Strong's #6340 - פָּזַר
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- to scatter, disperse
- (Qal)
- to scatter
- scattered (participle)
- (Niphal) to be scattered
- (Piel) to scatter
- (Pual) to be scattered
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rend, slit, also separate, disperse); — Qal Passive participle feminine שֶׂה פְזוּרָה Jeremiah 50:17 a scattered sheep is Israel (i.e. driven off, isolated).
Niph`al Perfect 3 plural נִפְזְרוּ Psalm 141:7 our bones are scattered לִפִי שְׁאוֺל.
Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular מִּזַּר Psalm 53:6; Psalm 112:9, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְפַזֵּר Psalm 147:16; 2 feminine singular וַתְּפַזְּרִי Jeremiah 3:13; Participle מְפַזֵּר Proverbs 11:24; — scatter Psalm 89:11; Psalm 53:6; Psalm 147:16 (all subject ׳י), Joel 4:2; object דְּרָכַיִךְ Jeremiah 3:13, of Israel running hither and thither to strange gods; absolute of spending money Psalm 112:9 (alms), Proverbs 11:24.
Pu`al Participle מְפֻוָּר Esther 3:3 scattered, of Israel
I, II. מַּח see פחח.
פָּזַר to disperse, i.q. בָּזַר, בָּדַר in Kal only found in part. pass. Jeremiah 50:17.
Piel, i.q. Kal, to disperse, e.g. a people, Psalms 89:11 any one’s bones, Psal. 53:6. Jeremiah 3:13, וַתְּפַזְּרִי אֶת־דְּרָכַיִךְ “thou hast scattered thy ways,” i.e. hast wandered about.
(2) to bestow largely, to be liberal, Psalms 112:9; Proverbs 11:24.
Niphal, Psalms 141:7 and
Pual, Esther 3:8, pass. to be dispersed.
I. פַּח m. pl. פַּחִים const. פַּחֵי Proverbs 22:5; Exodus 39:3, with Dag. forte impl. like אַחִים; (from the root פָּחַח ).
(1) a net, a snare, Job 18:9 especially of a fowler, Amos 3:5; Proverbs 7:23; Ecclesiastes 9:12 so called from its being spread out. (Arab. فَخُّ and فَخْتُ, Syr. ܦܰܚܐܳ id. To this agrees also Gr. παγίς, πάγη, which however is derived from the root of that language πήγνυμι). To lay snares, i.e. to plot, to devise against any one, is נָתַן פַּח Psalms 119:110 טָמַן פּ׳ Psalms 140:6, 141:9 Jeremiah 18:22 יָקשׁ פּ׳ Psalms 141:9. Metaph. that by which any one falls, i.e. is led to destruction. Comp. מוֹקֵשׁ No. 2, and Schult. on Job, p. 137, 138; Joshua 23:13; Psalms 69:23 Isai. 8:14 hence destruction, ruin, Isai. 24:17 Jeremiah 48:43. See פַּחַת.
(2) פַּחִים thin plates, Exodus 39:3; Numbers 17:3.
(3) Psalms 11:6 פַּחִים snares (Schlingen), lightning, bending itself like a snare (a noose) or serpent (fich) fchlingende, fchlängelnde Bliße). Compare سِاْسِاَةُ a sheet of lightning diffused over the clouds, and Διὸς μάστιξ, used of lightning (the cause of this figure however is different), Il. xiii. 812; see J. D. Michaëlis on Lowth de Sacra Poësi, p. 34, ed. Lips. and on the other hand, Olshausen, Emendationen zum A. T. p. 9, who conjectured this to be פֶּחָם hot coals, i.e. lightnings.
II. פַּח with suff. פֶּחָם Nehemiah 5:14, i.q. פֶּחָה (which see), the governor of a province.
