Breach brech: Represented by

(1) perets = "a tear," "a rending asunder," "a break," hence, figuratively "enmity," "disruption," "strife" (Genesis 38:29, Judges 21:15, 2 Samuel 5:20, 1 Chronicles 15:13, Nehemiah 6:1, Job 16:14, Psalms 106:23, Isaiah 30:13, Isaiah 58:12);

(2) shebher = "fracture," "affliction," "bruise," "destruction" (Leviticus 24:20, Jeremiah 14:17, Lamentations 2:13, Psalms 60:2);

(3) bedheq = "a gap" or "leak" (in a building or ship) occurring in 2 Kings 12:5-8, 2 Kings 12:12, 2 Kings 22:5;

(4) tenu'ah = "alienation," "breach of promise" (Numbers 14:34 the King James Version);

(5) miphrats = "a break" (in the shore), and hence, "a haven" (Judges 5:17, the Revised Version (British and American) "creeks").

Frank E. Hirsch


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