פּוּץ

vb. be dispersed, scattered (NH = BH; perhaps akin to Arabic فَضَّ break asunder, scatter);— Impf. 3 mpl. יָפוּצוּ ψ 68:2, יָפֻצוּ Ez 48:16 +; 3 fpl. וַתְּפוּצֶינָה Ez 34:5 +, וּתְפוּצֶינָה Zc 13:7, etc.; Imv. mpl. פֻּצוּ 1 S 14:34; Pt. pass. pl. sf. פּוּצַי Zp 3:10 (v. infr.);—be dispersed, disperse, בָּעָם 1 S 14:34; be scattered, of enemies 1 S 11:11; Nu 10:35 ψ 68:2; of Isr. (among nations) under fig. of flock Ez 34:5(×2); Zc 13:7; בַּת־פּוּצַי Zp 3:10 is prob. crpt., and v 9, 10 gloss v. SchwallyZAW x (1890), 203 Now Da; of besieging army 2 S 20:22 (מֵעַל הָעִיר); people from (מִן) possessions Ez 46:18; men (from Babel) Gn 11:4 (עַל loc.). Pf. 3 fs. נָפ֫וֹצָה Je 10:21, 3 pl. נָ֫פֹצוּ Gn 10:18 +, 2 mpl. נְפֹצֹתֶם Ez 11:17 +, etc.; Pt. f. נָפ֫וֹצֶת 2 S 18:8 Qr (> Kt נפצות) cf. Dr al.; pl. נְפֹצִים 1 K 22:17, נְפוֹצִים 2 Ch 18:16;— be scattered, of army 2 K 25:5 (מֵעַל pers.) = Je 52:8, 1 K 22:17 (אֶל loc.) = 2 Ch 18:16 (עַל), cf. Je 40:15 (abs.); of dispersed Isr. c. ב loc. Ez 11:17; 20:34, 41; 28:25, as flock Je 10:21; Ez 34:6 (עַל loc.), v 12 (שָׁם); Egyptians 29:13 (שָׁמָּה); of battle scattered over country by defeat 2 S 18:8. be spread abroad, of peoples Gn 10:18. Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְהֵפִיץ Dt 4:27 +, 1 s. consec. וַהֲפִיצוֹתִי Ez 22:15, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יָפִיץ Jb 37:11, וַיָּ֫פֶץ Gn 11:8 +, etc.; Imv. ms. הָפֵץ Jb 40:11; Inf. cstr. לְהָפִיץ Ez 20:23, etc.;— trans. scatter: c. acc. pers. Gn 11:8, 9 (עַל loc.), Is 41:16; Hb 3:14; c. ב Gn 49:7; Isr. among (ב) nations Dt 4:27; 28:64; Je 9:15; Ez 11:16; 12:15; 20:23; 22:15; 36:19; Ne 1:8; c. שׁם(ה) Dt 30:3; Je 30:11; c. אֶל loc. Ez 34:21; abs. Je 13:24; 18:17, under fig. of flock Je 23:1, 2; Gr reads אֲפִיצֵם also Dt 32:26 (v. [פאה]); Egyptians (c. ב) Ez 29:12; 30:23, 26; inhab. of earth Is 24:1. c. acc. rei, arrows (fig. for lightnings) 2 S 22:15 = ψ 18:15, ψ 144:6; cloud Jb 37:11; הָפֵץ עַבְרוֹת אַפֶּ֑ךָ 40:11 (i.e. lightnings?); seed Is 28:25. וֶהֱפִיצֻהוּ Jb 18:11 and drive him (si vera l., vid. conj. in Bu). intrans., scatter, c. ב loc. Ex 5:12, c. מֵעַל pers. 1 S 13:8; of wind Jb 38:24 (עַל loc.).