פָּרַץ pârats — to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)
Translated in the KJV as × abroad, breach, break (away, down, -er, forth, in, up), burst out, come abroad, compel, disperse.
a primitive root; to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative).
pârats in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 16Wayyiqtol 11Imperfect (yiqtol) 7Participle (passive) 4Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2Infinitive construct 2Participle (active) 2Cohortative 1Infinitive absolute 1
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
Niph'al
Participle (active) 1
And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision.
Hitpa'el
Participle (active) 1
And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
Pu'al
Participle (passive) 1
And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›