פָּצַח pâtsach — to break out (in joyful sound)
Translated in the KJV as break (forth, forth into joy), make a loud noise.
a primitive root; to break out (in joyful sound).
pâtsach in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperative 6Perfect (qatal) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Pi'el
Perfect (qatal) 1
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
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 ›