פָּצַח
pâtsach · paw-tsakh'
to break out (in joyful sound)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to break out (in joyful sound)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: break (forth, forth into joy), make a loud noise.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to pursue the straight path › to separate and protect
To speak, the word that works to pursue the straight path that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּצַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- break forth2 · 25%
- make a loud noise1 · 13%
- they break forth1 · 13%
- and break forth1 · 13%
- break forth into joy1 · 13%
- shall break forth1 · 13%
- from off them; and they break1 · 13%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.