H6555 H6555
To break through, burst forth, spread abroad, tear down, or press upon; covers violent breaching, expansive increase, demolition, and urgent insistence.
A verb of raw, irresistible force, parats captures the image of something — or someone — breaking through barriers that cannot hold. When Perez bursts from the womb (Gen 38:29), his very name becomes this word's most vivid illustration: 'You have broken through!' The same explosive energy recurs when God 'breaks out' against Uzzah at the threshing floor (2 Sam 6:8) and when Israel 'spreads abroad' to the west, east, north, and south in Jacob's dream (Gen 28:14). Spanish distinguishes the destructive sense (derribar, 'to demolish') from the expansive one (extender, 'to spread'), while the 'press, urge' sense at 1 Sam 28:23 is rendered insistir — revealing three genuinely distinct semantic frames that the Hebrew verb bridges with a single root.
6. sense 6 — A single occurrence at 1 Sam 25:10 where David's men are described as 'breaking away' — servants fleeing from their masters. The English 'breaking away' and Spanish los que huyen ('those who flee') suggest a sense of rupture from social bonds or authority, applying the root's breach-imagery to the master-servant relationship. This may represent an extension of sense 1 into the social domain of desertion or rebellion. 1×
AR["المُنفَلِتونَ"]·ben["যারা-পালিয়ে-যাচ্ছে"]·DE["der-brechend-weg"]·EN["the-breaking-away"]·FR["le-brisant-au-loin"]·heb["ה-מתפרצים"]·HI["भागनेवाले"]·ID["yang-melarikan-diri"]·IT["il-rompendo-via"]·jav["ingkang-lolos"]·KO["도망치는"]·PT["os-que-escapam"]·RU["убегающие"]·ES["los-que-huyen"]·SW["wanaokimbia"]·TR["kaçanlar"]·urd["بھاگنے-والے"]
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Senses
1. break through, burst forth — To break through or burst forth with violent force, whether breaching a physical barrier, breaking out in divine wrath, or erupting from a confined space. This is the root image of the word, vivid in the naming of Perez at Gen 38:29 ('What a breach you have made!'). At Exod 19:22, 24, God threatens to 'break out' against those who approach Sinai unauthorized, and at 2 Sam 5:20 David names his victory site Baal-Perazim, 'Lord of Breakings-Through.' Spanish romper and French briser both capture the violent rupture, while German Durchbruch ('breakthrough') preserves the spatial directionality of the original. 17×
AR["اقْتَحَمَ","اقْتَحَمُوا","اقْتَحَمْتَ","الْكَاسِرُ","بَغَتَ","حَطَّمَ","شَقَقتَنا","فَجَرَ","فَجَّرَ","كَسَرُوا","وَ-اندَلَعَ-","وُ-فُورِيص","يَخْرُقُنِي","يَقْتَحِمَ"]·ben["এবং-ভাঙ্গনকারী","এবং-ভেঙে-পড়ল","তারা-ভেঙেছে","তিনি-ভাঙেন-আমাকে","তুমি-ফাটালে","তুমি-ভেঙেছ-আমাদের","তোমরা","দায়ূদ","ভাঙিয়া-পড়লেন","ভেঙে-পড়লেন","ভেঙে-ফেলেছিল","ভেঙে-ফেলেছেন","ভেঙেছেন","ভেঙ্গে-পড়ুক","ভেঙ্গে-পড়ুক-","যিনি-ভাঙেন","সে-ভাঙে"]·DE["Durchbruch-hast-du-gemacht","Er-breaks-heraus-","Perez","[הפרץ]","[ופרץ]","[יפרצני]","[פרץ]","[פרצו]","brach-durch","brach-heraus","breaks-heraus","du-haben-zerbrochen-uns","durchbrechen","und-broke-heraus"]·EN["He-breaks-me","He-breaks-out-","You-have-broken-us","and-broke-out","and-he-who-breaks-through","breaks-out","broke-into","broke-out","broke-through","has-broken","he-breaks-through","the-breaker","they-break-through","you-burst-through"]·FR["Il-breaks-dehors-","breaks-dehors","brisa-dehors","brisa-à-travers","brèche","brèche-moi","et-brèche","et-faire-une-brèche","faire-brèche","faire-une-brèche","percer","tu-burst-à-travers"]·heb["ה-פורץ","ו-פורץ","ו-תפרוץ","יפרוץ","יפרצני","פרץ","פרצו","פרצת","פרצתנו"]·HI["और-तोड़-पड़ी-","और-तोड़नेवाला","टूट-पड़े","टूट-पड़े-","तूने-तोड़ा","तूने-हमें-तोड़-दिया","तोड़ता-है-मुझे","तोड़ने-वाला","तोड़ा","तोड़ा-था","फटा","वह-तोड़ता-है","वे-तोड़े"]·ID["Dia-menembusku","dan-merebak","dan-yang-merobohkan","engkau-menerobos","ia-menembus","menerobos","menerobos-","mereka-menerobos","meruntuhkan","merusak","yang-menerobos"]·IT["Egli-breaks-fuori-","Egli-breaks-me-mio","breaks-fuori","breccia","e-breccia","e-e-egli-chi-breaks-attraverso","fare-breccia","he-breaks-through","irrompere","ruppe-attraverso","ruppe-fuori","tu-burst-attraverso"]·jav["Mbukak","Nerobos","Panjenenganipun-nerjang-","Yéhuwah-nerjang","kang-mbikak","lan-tiyang-ingkang-mbubrah","lan-tumandang","nembus","nerobos","ngrusakaken","njeboli-kawula","panjenengan-mbrobos","piyambakipun-mbikak","sampun-ngremuk"]·KO["그-돌파하는-자-가","그리고-임하였도다","그리고-허무는-자","돌파했다","뚫고-들어올까","뚫었느냐","부수나니","부수셨다","주께서-무너뜨리셨나이다-우리를","캘뜻으셨다","터뜨렸다","터뜨린-것이다","파냈다","허물었다"]·PT["Me-rompe","Rompeu","dispersaste-nos","e-irrompeu","e-quem-rompe","invadiram","irrompa","irrompa-","irrompeu","o-que-rompe","quebrou","romperam","rompeste","rompeu"]·RU["и-разразилась-","и-разрушающий","поразил","поразил-","пробивает","проламывает-меня","прорвал","прорвались","прорвался-ты","прорывающийся","разбил","разрушили","сокрушил-нас"]·ES["Abre","Me-rompe","destruyeron","el-que-abre-brecha","irrumpa","irrumpa-","irrumpió","nos-dispersaste","rompieron","rompió","te-abriste-paso","y-el-que-rompe","y-estalló"]·SW["Anavunja","akawapiga","alimvunja","alivunja","amewavunja","ameyavunja","ananivunja","mvunjaji","na-anayebomoa","na-ikaenea","umetuvunja","umevunja","waliivamia","wamevunja"]·TR["Yardı","Yarıldı","gedik-açan-o","gedik-açtı-bizi","gedik-açtılar","girdiler","kırdı","patlar","patlar-","ve-patladı-","ve-yikan","yarar-beni","yardı","yarılma-yaptı","yarıp-çıktın"]·urd["اور-توڑنے-والا","اور-پھٹ-پڑی","توڑ-ڈالا-ہَمیں","توڑا","توڑا-تو-نے","توڑتا-ہے-مجھے","توڑنے-والا","ٹوٹ-پڑے","پھاڑ-دیا","کھودتا ہے"]
Gen 38:29, Exod 19:22, Exod 19:24, 2 Sam 5:20, 2 Sam 6:8, 1 Chr 13:11, 1 Chr 14:11, 1 Chr 15:13, 2 Chr 20:37, 2 Chr 24:7, Job 16:14, Job 28:4 (+5 more)
2. spread out, increase, multiply — To spread abroad, increase, or multiply beyond expected limits — used of people, livestock, and influence expanding with irresistible momentum. Jacob's flocks 'spread out exceedingly' (Gen 30:30, 43), Israel multiplies despite oppression in Egypt (Exod 1:12), and Jacob's descendants spread to all compass points in the Bethel promise (Gen 28:14). Spanish extender and the sense of diffusion in difundida reveal the shift from violent breach to expansive overflow. The word of God also 'spreads' in this sense (1 Sam 3:1 uses a related construction for visions being 'not widespread'). 14×
AR["انتَشَروا","انفَجَروا","انْتَشَرَ","تَفِيضُ","تَنتَشِرِينَ","فَانْتَشَرَ","مُنْتَشِرَةً","نَنْتَشِرُ","وَ-بِـ-انْتِشَارِ","وَانتَشَرَ","وَتَنْتَشِرُ","يَكثُرونَ","يَنْتَشِرُ"]·ben["আর-ছড়িয়ে-পড়বে","আর-বৃদ্ধি-পেয়েছে","আর-বৃদ্ধি-পেলেন","উপচে-পড়বে","ও-ছড়িয়ে-দিলেন","ও-ছড়িয়ে-পড়লে","ছড়িয়ে-পড়েছে","তুমি-ছড়িয়ে-পড়বে","বিরল","বিস্তার-করি","বিস্তার-লাভ-করল","বৃদ্ধি-পাবে","বৃদ্ধি-পেয়েছে","সে-ছড়িয়ে-পড়ত"]·DE["[יפרצו]","[פרץ]","[פרצו]","[תפרצי]","brechend-hervor","durchbrechen","er-ausbreiten","und-breitete-sich-aus","und-du-wirst-dich-ausbreiten","und-durchbrechen","und-es-brach-hervor"]·EN["and-as-spreading","and-broke-forth","and-distributed","and-increased","and-you-will-spread-out","breaking-forth","broke-forth","has-spread-out","he-spread","increase","let-us-break-forth","they-break-out","will-overflow","you-will-break-forth"]·FR["[תפרצי]","brisant-en-avant","brèche","et-brisa-en-avant","et-faire-brèche","et-s'accrut","et-tu---étendre-dehors","faire-brèche","il-étendre","percer"]·heb["ו-יפרץ","ו-כ-פרץ","ו-פרצת","יפרוץ","יפרוצו","נפרץ","נפרצה","פרץ","פרצו","תפרוצי"]·HI["और-जब-फैला","और-फैलाया","और-फैलेगा","और-बढ़ा","फट-जाएंगे","फैल-गया-है","फैलत","फैला-हुआ","फैलाएँ","फैले","फैलेंगे","फैलोगी","बढ़े"]·ID["akan-meluap","bertambah-banyak","biarlah-kita-menyebar","dan-bertambah banyak","dan-engkau-akan-menyebar","dan-ketika-menyebar","dan-menyebarkan","kamu-akan-meluas","menyebar","mereka-merajalela"]·IT["[תפרצי]","e-aumentò","e-fare-breccia","e-ruppe-forth","e-tu-will-stendere-fuori","egli-stendere","fare-breccia","has-spread-fuori","irrompere","rompendo-forth","will-overflow"]·jav["Lan-nalika-nyebar","Lan-nyebar","lan-nyebar","lan-panjenengan-nyebar","lan-piyambakipun-nyebar","luber","ngrembaka","nyebar","panjenengan-badhé-sumebar","sami-mbrobos","sami-wuwuh","sumebar"]·KO["그리고-불어났다","그리고-퍼뜨렸다","그리고-퍼졌을-때","그리고-퍼지리라-너는","넘칠-것이다","번성하니","불어났다","터뜨렸다","퍼뜨리자","퍼졌다","퍼지리라","펼치리라"]·PT["E-aumentou","E-quando-espalhou-se","aumentaram","e-espalhar-te-ás","e-espalhou","e-estendeu-se","espalhava-se","espalhemos","expandir-te-ás","frequente","invadiram","multiplicar-se-ão","rompeu","transbordarao"]·RU["И-распространился","и-когда-распространилось","и-распространил","и-распространилось","и-распространишься","переполнятся.","прорвались","размножатся","распространились","распространимся","распространишься","распространялся","распространённого"]·ES["Y-extendió","difundida","irrumpen","nos-extendamos","rebosarán","se-extendía","se-ha-extendido","se-multiplicaron","se-multiplicarán","te-extenderás","y-cuando-se-extendió","y-esparció","y-extenderás","y-extendió"]·SW["Na-akaenea","imeongezeka","kuongezeka","limeenea","na-akawatawanya","na-ikavuka","na-utaeneza","tutume-haraka","utaenea","walivyoenea","wamevunja","wkiprots","yatafurika","zilikua"]·TR["Ve-yayılınca","Ve-çoğaldı","genisleyeceksin","kırdılar","taşacak","ve-yaydı","ve-yayılacaksın","ve-çoğaldı","yayılalım","yayıldı","yayılmış","çoğalacaklar","çoğaldı","çoğaldılar"]·urd["اور-بڑھ-گیا","اور-پھیلایا","اور-پھیلنے-پر","اور-پھیلے-گا","بڑھیں-گے","عام","پھوٹ-نکلیں-گے","پھوٹ-نکلے","پھیل-جائے-گی-تو","پھیل-گیا","پھیلا","پھیلائیں","پھیلتا-تھا"]
Gen 28:14, Gen 30:30, Gen 30:43, Exod 1:12, 1 Sam 3:1, 1 Chr 4:38, 1 Chr 13:2, 2 Chr 11:23, 2 Chr 31:5, Job 1:10, Prov 3:10, Isa 54:3 (+2 more)
3. break down, tear down, demolish — To tear down, demolish, or break through walls and fortifications, focusing on destruction of built structures. Joash tears down 400 cubits of Jerusalem's wall (2 Kgs 14:13); God himself removes the 'hedge' of his vineyard Israel (Ps 80:12; Isa 5:5). Spanish derribar ('to knock down') and French faire breche ('to make a breach') consistently mark this as siege-and-demolition language. Neh 4:3 uses it mockingly: 'even a fox climbing on it would break down their stone wall.' 8×
AR["أَهدِمُ","فَهَدَمَ","لِلْهَدْمِ","هَدَمْتَ","وَ-هَدَمَ","وَ-يَهْدِمُ"]·ben["এবং-ভাঙলেন","এবং-ভাঙ্গবে","ও-ভাঙলেন","তুমি-ভেঙেছ","তুমি-ভেঙ্গেছিলে","ভাঙতে","ভেঙে-ফেলব"]·DE["[ופרץ]","[לפרוץ]","[פרץ]","du-haben-zerbrochen-durch","haben-du-zerbrochen-hinab","und-durchbrechen","und-er-brach-durch"]·EN["and-broke-down","and-he-breaks-down","and-he-broke-through","break-down","have-You-broken-down","to-tear-down","you-have-broken-through"]·FR["[פרץ]","et-faire-brèche","et-il-brisa-à-travers","faire-une-brèche","à-brèche"]·heb["ו-יפרץ","ו-פרץ","ל-פרוץ","פרוץ","פרצת"]·HI["और-तोड़ा","तूने-तोड़ी","तूने-तोड़ीं","तो-वह-तोड़-देगा","तोड़ते-हुए","तोड़ने-का"]·ID["Engkau-merobohkan","Meruntuhkan","akan-merobohkan","dan-merobohkan","untuk-merobohkan"]·IT["[פרץ]","breccia","e-egli-ruppe-attraverso","e-fare-breccia","per-a-tear-down"]·jav["Ngrubuhaken","Panjenengan-njebol","Panjenengan-sampun-medhot","kangge-mbubrah","lan-ngrusakaken","lan-njugrug","lan-njugrugaken"]·KO["그리고-무너뜨릴-것이다","그리고-허물었다","그리고-헐었다","주께서-허무셨나이까","허물기-위한","허물셨나이다","헐으리라"]·PT["Derrubaste","derrubando","derrubaste","e-abriu-brecha","e-romperá","e-rompeu","para-derrubar"]·RU["и-проломит","и-разрушил","и-сделал-пролом","разрушать,","разрушил-Ты","разрушу"]·ES["Derribaré","Derribaste","derribaste","para-derribar","y-derribará","y-derribó"]·SW["Umebomoa","atabomoa","kubomoa","na-akabomoa","ulibomoa","wa-kubomoa"]·TR["ve-yıkacak","ve-yıktı","yikarak","yikmak-icin","yıktın"]·urd["اور-اُس-نے-توڑ-دی","اور-توڑ-دے-گا","اور-توڑی","توڑ-ڈالیں-تُو-نے","توڑنا","ڈھانے-کا"]
4. broken, breached (passive state) — The passive state of being broken down, breached, or in ruins — expressed through Qal passive and Pual participles. Walls are 'broken down' in Nehemiah's devastated Jerusalem (Neh 1:3; 2:13; 4:7), and Hezekiah repairs what is 'breached' (2 Chr 32:5). Prov 25:28 uses the image memorably: 'A man without self-control is like a city broken down, without walls.' Spanish derribadas and the German participial forms confirm the stative, resultative reading distinct from the active 'tearing down.' 6×
AR["(مَهْدُومَةٌ)","[الْمَهْدُومَةِ]","الثُّغْرَاتُ","الْمُنْهَدِمِ","مَفْتُوحَةٌ","مَهْدُومٌ"]·ben["(ভগ্ন)","[ভগ্ন]","ফাটলগুলি","ভগ্ন","ভাঙা"]·DE["[(פרוצים)]","[[המפרוצים]]","[הפרצים]","[מפרצת]","[פרוצה]","durchbrechen"]·EN["(broken-down)","[broken-down]","broken-down","broken-through","the-breaches","the-broken"]·FR["brèche","faire-brèche"]·heb["(פרוצים)","ה-[המפרוצים]","ה-פרוצה","ה-פרצים","מפרצת","פרוצה"]·HI["टूटा-हुआ","टूटी-हुई","टूटी-हुई-थीं","टूटी-हुई-है","दरारें"]·ID["(terbongkar)","[yang-terbongkar]","lubang-lubang","terbongkar","yang-rusak","yang-tertembus"]·IT["broken-attraverso","fare-breccia"]·jav["bolongan-bolongan","ingkang-jebol","risak","rusak"]·KO["(무너진)","[무너진]","그-틈들이","그-허물어진","무너졌고","허물어진"]·PT["(quebrados)","[os-quebrados]","aberta","as-brechas","o-quebrado","quebrado"]·RU["[кетив:разрушены]","проломы","разрушена","разрушенную","разрушенный","разрушены"]·ES["(derribadas)","[las-derribadas]","derribada","la-destruida","las-brechas"]·SW["(zimebomolewa)","[zimebomolewa]","hapּrwּtsah","mianya","uliovunjwa","umebomolewa"]·TR["(yıkılmış)","[yıkılmış]","gedikler","gedık-açılmış","yıkılmış","yıkılmışı"]·urd["(ٹوٹی-ہوئی)","[ٹوٹی-ہوئی]","دراڑوں-کے","ٹوٹا-ہوا","ٹوٹی-ہوئی"]
5. press, urge insistently — To press upon someone with social insistence, urging them strongly to accept hospitality or comply with a request. At 1 Sam 28:23 his servants and the woman of Endor 'press' Saul until he eats; at 2 Sam 13:25, 27 Absalom 'presses' David to let Amnon come. Spanish insistir and the English 'urged' both confirm a communicative, interpersonal sense quite distinct from physical breaking. The verb retains the connotation of irresistible force but channels it through social pressure rather than physical destruction. 4×
AR["فَأَلَحَّ-","وَألَحَّ"]·ben["এবং-চাপ-দিল","এবং-জোর-করল-","এবং-জোর-করলেন-"]·DE["und-er-pressed","und-er-urged","und-pressed"]·EN["and-he-pressed","and-he-urged","and-pressed"]·FR["et-il-pressed","et-il-urged","et-pressed"]·heb["ו-יפרוץ-","ו-פרצו-"]·HI["और-ज़िद-किया","और-ज़ोर-दिय-","और-जोर-दिया"]·ID["Dan-ia-mendesak","Dan-mendesaknya","dan-mendesak-","dan-mendesaknya"]·IT["e-egli-insistette","e-egli-premette","e-premette"]·jav["Lan-ndesak-","lan-meksa-","lan-meksa-piyambakipun","lan-ndesak-"]·KO["그리고-강권하였다-","그리고-강권했다-","그리고-재촉했다"]·PT["E-insistiu","e-insistiu","e-insistiu-com","e-instaram-"]·RU["и-настаивали-","и-уговаривал-"]·ES["Y-le-insistió","y-insistió","y-le-insistieron-"]·SW["na-akamsihi","na-akamsisitiza-","na-wakamshurutisha"]·TR["ve-zorladi-","ve-zorlayıp-","ve-ısrar-etti-"]·urd["اور-زور-دیا","اور-زور-دیا-"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. פָּרַץ † I. פָּרַץ vb. break through (NH id.; J.Aram. פְּרַץ id.; perhaps Assyrian parâṣu (v. DlHWB); Arabic فَرَصَ cut, slit, also hit);— Qal Pf. 3 ms. פָּרַץ 2 S 5:20 +; 2 ms. sf. פְּרַצְתָּנוּ ψ 60:3, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִפְרֹץ Ex 1:12; 19:22, יִפְרָץ־ v 24, וַיִּפְרֹץ Gn 30:30 +, etc.; Inf. abs. פָּרֹץ Is 5:5; cstr. פְּרֹץ 2 Ch 31:5, פְּרוֹץ Ec 3:3; Pt. act. פֹּרֵץ Mi 2:13; Ec 10:8; pass.…