Bible Lexicons

פָּרַץ fut. יִפַרֹץ to break. This primary power not only lies in the letters פר see פרר, but also in the syllable רץ, ῥήσσω, reiBen, see at הָרַס. Corresponding to this root, but with a prefixed sibilant are the Gothic, spreitan, German fpreiBen, to spread. By softening the middle semivocal radical, there is formed the root פּוּץ (compare דָּרַשׁ, דּוּשׁ, מוּת for מָרַת etc.), and all of these have nearly the same significations. Genesis 38:29. Specially

(1) to break down, to destroy (niederreiBen), as a wall, Isaiah 5:5; Psalms 80:13; Micah 2:13; Ecclesiastes 3:3, 10:8 Neh. 3:35 2 Kings 14:13, וַיִפְרֹץ בְּתוֹמַת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹ אַמָּה … “and he brake down in the wall of Jerusalem four hundred cubits.” עִיר פְּרוּעָה a city with the walls broken down, Proverbs 25:28 (compare as to the primary sense of the word עִיר under that word).

(2) to break asunder, i.e. to scatter, disperse hostile forces, 2 Samuel 5:20; Psalms 60:3. Intrans. to disperse, to spread itself abroad, as a people, or a flock, Genesis 28:14; Exodus 1:12 hence to increase in number. Hosea 4:10, “they commit whoredom, וְלֹא יִפְרֹעוּ but do not increase (in number);” Genesis 30:30; Job 1:10. Also used of a man whose riches increase, Genesis 30:43 used of a rumour spreading itself abroad, 2 Chronicles 31:5. Metaph. to be redundant, to over flow, with an acc. of the thing (like other verbs of abundance). Proverbs 3:10, תִּירוֹשׁ יְקָבֶיךָ יִפְרֹצוּ “thy wine-press shall overflow with new wine;” others not so well, “thy wine-presses shall burst with new wine,” for neither can the vat of a wine-press, nor yet the wine-press itself burst with plenty of new wine, which a cask or wine skin alone can. Comp. פֶּרֶץ 2 Samuel 5:20 and syn. פּוּץ No. 3.

(3) to break forth upon, followed by בְּ einbrechen auf jem. Exodus 19:22, 24 Exodus 19:24; 2 Samuel 6:8; 1 Chronicles 15:13, seq.; followed by an acc., Job 16:14. Also to produce by breaking through. Job 28:4, פָּרַץ נַתַר “he breaks (a mine) through;” i.e. he sinks a shaft into the ground. Hence

(a) in a bad sense, to act violently (whence פָּרִיץ), Hosea 4:2.

(b) in a good sense, to be urgent in prayers, followed by בְּ 1 Samuel 28:23; 2 Samuel 13:25, 27 2 Samuel 13:27.

Niphal, pass. of No. 2; part. נִפְרָץ spread abroad, i.e. frequent, 1 Samuel 3:1.

Pual, pass. of No. 1, broken down, Nehemiah 1:3.

Hithpael, to break off, i.e. to separate oneself from any one, 1 Samuel 25:10.

Derivatives, פָּרִיץ, מִפְרָץ, and

הַמִּתְפָּ֣רְצִ֔ים הַפְּרֻצִ֖ים הַפְּרוּצָ֜ה הַפֹּרֵץ֙ המתפרצים הפרוצה הפרץ הפרצים וְכִפְרֹ֣ץ וַיִּפְרְצוּ־ וַיִּפְרָץ־ וַיִּפְרֹ֞ץ וַיִּפְרֹ֣ץ וַיִּפְרֹ֥ץ וַיִּפְרֹ֨ץ וַיִּפְרֹץ֩ וַתִּפְרָץ־ וּפָרַ֖ץ וּפָרַצְתָּ֛ וּפֹרֵ֥ץ ויפרץ ויפרץ־ ויפרצו־ וכפרץ ופרץ ופרצת ותפרץ־ יִפְרְצֵ֣נִי יִפְרָץ־ יִפְרֹ֑ץ יִפְרֹ֑צוּ יִפְרֹ֥ץ יִפְרֹֽצוּ׃ יפרץ יפרץ־ יפרצו יפרצו׃ יפרצני לִפְר֖וֹץ לפרוץ מְפֹרָ֔צֶת מפרצת נִפְרְצָה֙ נִפְרָֽץ׃ נפרץ׃ נפרצה פְּ֭רוּצָה פְרַצְתָּ֑נוּ פָּ֤רַץ פָּֽרְצוּ֙ פָּרְצ֖וּ פָּרַ֖צְתָּ פָּרַ֣צְתָּ פָּרַ֤ץ פָּרַ֥ץ פָּרַ֥צְתָּ פָּרַ֧ץ פָּרַ֨ץ פָּרָ֕צוּ פָּרֹ֥ץ פָרְצ֖וּ פָרַ֧ץ פְּרוּצִ֔ים פרוצה פרוצים פרץ פרצו פרצת פרצתנו תִּפְרֹ֑צִי תפרצי faRatz fareTzu feratzTanu ham·miṯ·pā·rə·ṣîm hammiṯpārəṣîm hammitPareTzim hap·pə·rū·ṣāh hap·pə·ru·ṣîm hap·pō·rêṣ happərūṣāh happəruṣîm happeruTzah happeruTzim happōrêṣ happoRetz lifRotz lip̄·rō·wṣ lip̄rōwṣ mə·p̄ō·rā·ṣeṯ mefoRatzet məp̄ōrāṣeṯ nifRatz nifreTzah nip̄·rāṣ nip̄·rə·ṣāh nip̄rāṣ nip̄rəṣāh pā·rā·ṣū pā·raṣ p̄ā·raṣ pā·raṣ·tā pā·rə·ṣū p̄ā·rə·ṣū pā·rōṣ pāraṣ p̄āraṣ pāraṣtā pārāṣū paRatz paRatzta paRatzu pārəṣū p̄ārəṣū pareTzu pārōṣ paRotz p̄ə·raṣ·tā·nū pə·rū·ṣāh pə·rū·ṣîm p̄əraṣtānū pərūṣāh pərūṣîm Perutzah peruTzim tifRotzi tip̄·rō·ṣî tip̄rōṣî ū·p̄ā·raṣ ū·p̄ā·raṣ·tā ū·p̄ō·rêṣ ufaRatz ufaratzTa ufoRetz ūp̄āraṣ ūp̄āraṣtā ūp̄ōrêṣ vaiyifretzu vaiyifRotz vattifrotz vechifRotz wat·tip̄·rāṣ- wattip̄rāṣ- way·yip̄·rāṣ- way·yip̄·rə·ṣū- way·yip̄·rōṣ wayyip̄rāṣ- wayyip̄rəṣū- wayyip̄rōṣ wə·ḵip̄·rōṣ wəḵip̄rōṣ yifreTzeni yifRotz yifRotzu yip̄·rāṣ- yip̄·rə·ṣê·nî yip̄·rō·ṣū yip̄·rōṣ yip̄rāṣ- yip̄rəṣênî yip̄rōṣ yip̄rōṣū