H6626 H6626
to break up, crumble (infinitive absolute); breaking bread into pieces
This verb means to break into small pieces or crumble, particularly used of bread. In Leviticus 2:6, it appears in the instructions for the grain offering—the worshiper is to crumble the unleavened wafer into bits. The infinitive absolute intensifies the action: "you shall surely break it into pieces." It's a verb of physical fragmentation, turning a whole into many parts, and in the sacrificial context, it becomes an act of worship and consecration.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The verbal form instructing how to prepare the grain offering in Leviticus 2:6. The Spanish "Partirás" (you shall break) and the repeated use of "crumble" in English reflect the action of breaking bread or wafers into fragments. Related Semitic languages confirm this sense of crushing or breaking into small pieces, a common culinary and ritual action. 1×
AR["فَتِّي"]·ben["ভাঙো"]·DE["crumble"]·EN["crumble"]·FR["crumble"]·heb["פתות"]·HI["तोड़"]·ID["Memecah-mecahkan"]·IT["crumble"]·jav["Ngethok"]·KO["부수라"]·PT["Partirás"]·RU["раздели"]·ES["Partirás"]·SW["Ivunje"]·TR["parçala"]·urd["توڑ"]
Related Senses
G0846 1. third-person pronoun reference (5552×)H???? 1. (4670×)H6213a 1. do, perform, act (2383×)G4160 1. do, act, perform (473×)H5221 1. Hifil: to strike in battle, smite enemies (362×)H0899b 1. garment, article of clothing (216×)H6213a 2. make, construct, fabricate (148×)H3772 1. cut a covenant / make a pact (97×)H5060 1. touch physically (Qal) (96×)H3615 1. complete a task (Piel) (85×)H3772 2. cut off / destroy (Hifil causative) (81×)H3920 1. capture, seize (Qal) (76×)H???? 12. (76×)H3772 3. be cut off / be eliminated (Niphal) (74×)H6213a 3. be done, be made (Niphal) (73×)G4160 2. make, construct, create (62×)H3847 1. Qal: put on, wear (60×)H8210 1. pour out (liquid/libation) (59×)G2440 1. garment or clothing (general) (54×)H4191 4. kill / put to death (Hifil causative) (50×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [פָּתַת] vb. break up, crumble (NH id.; Arabic فَتَّ; Ethiopic ፈተተ:; Syriac ܦܰܬ );— Qal Inf. abs. of bread of מִנְחָה: פָּתוֹת אֹתָהּ פִּתִּים Lv 2:6.