נָפַץ
na.phats
“to shatter”
Definition
to dash to pieces, or scatter
a primitive root;
- to shatter, break, dash, beat in pieces 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to shatter 1a2) shattering (infinitive) 1b) (Piel) to dash to pieces 1c) (Pual) to pulverise
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
נָפַץ appears 16 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“What have you done?” Samuel asked.And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,
He will raise a banner for the nationsand gather the exiles of Israel;He will collect the scattered of Judahfrom the four corners of the earth.
Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.
Therefore behold, the days are coming,declares the LORD,when I will send to him wanderers,who will pour him out.They will empty his vesselsand shatter his jars.
With you I shatter man and woman;with you I shatter the old man and the youth;with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.
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