פָּצַם pâtsam — to rend (by earthquake)
Translated in the KJV as break.
a primitive root; to rend (by earthquake).
pâtsam in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
פְּצַמְתָּ֑הּ Ps 60:4 Perfect (qatal), 2nd person masculine singular
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
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 ›