פָּצַחpâtsach
cause to break or burst forth, break forth with
Pronunciation: paw-tsakh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6476
Meanings
Qal: have broken forth (Isaiah 14:7; Isaiah 55:12; Isaiah 54:1)
Pi`el: break, in pieces (Micah 3:3)
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Psalms 98:4 Shout to the Lord, all the earth; break out in praise and sing for joy!
- Isaiah 14:7 But finally the earth is at rest and quiet. Now it can sing again!
- Isaiah 44:23 Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done this wondrous thing. Shout for joy, O depths of the earth! Break into song, O mountains and forests and every tree! For the Lord has redeemed Jacob and is glorified in Israel.
- Isaiah 49:13 Sing for joy, O heavens! Rejoice, O earth! Burst into song, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion on them in their suffering.
- Isaiah 52:9 Let the ruins of Jerusalem break into joyful song, for the Lord has comforted his people. He has redeemed Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 54:1 “Sing, O childless woman, you who have never given birth! Break into loud and joyful song, O Jerusalem, you who have never been in labor. For the desolate woman now has more children than the woman who lives with her husband,” says the Lord.
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).