an opening in a wall ( 1 Kings 11:27 ; 2 Kings 12:5 ); the fracture of a limb ( Leviticus 24:20 ), and hence the expression, "Heal, etc." ( Psalms 60:2 ). Judges 5:17 , a bay or harbour; RSV, "by his creeks."
BREACH
brech:
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(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; 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 12:5-8,12; 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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