פָּזַזpâzaz

be supple, agile

Pronunciation: paw-zaz' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6339

Meanings

Qal: of arms (Genesis 49:24)

Pi`el: shew agility, leap, (in dance) (2 Samuel 6:16)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 49:24 But his bow remained taut, and his arms were strengthened by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.
  • 2 Samuel 6:16 But as the Ark of the Lord entered the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down from her window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she was filled with contempt for him.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).