כְּפֶ֣רֶץ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כְּפֶ֣רֶץ

   ke-FE-rets

   like a breach
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כְּפֶ֣רֶץ מָ֑יִם

   ke-FE-rets MA-yim

   like a breach of waters
3. clause🔊 וַיַּעֲל֥וּ בְּבַֽעַל־פְּרָצִים֮ וַיַּכֵּ֣ם שָׁ֣ם דָּוִיד֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֔יד פָּרַ֨ץ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֧ים אֶת־אוֹיְבַ֛י בְּיָדִ֖י כְּפֶ֣רֶץ מָ֑יִם

   va-ya-a-LU be-va-al-pe-ra-TSIM va-ya-KEM SHAM da-VID va-yo-MER da-VID pa-RATS ha-e-lo-HIM et-o-ye-VAI be-ya-DI ke-FE-rets MA-yim

   and they went up to Baal-perazim and he struck them there David and he said David has burst through God {direct object} my enemies by my hand like a breach of waters
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּעֲל֥וּ בְּבַֽעַל־פְּרָצִים֮ וַיַּכֵּ֣ם שָׁ֣ם דָּוִיד֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֔יד פָּרַ֨ץ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֧ים אֶת־אוֹיְבַ֛י בְּיָדִ֖י כְּפֶ֣רֶץ מָ֑יִם עַל־כֵּ֗ן קָֽרְא֛וּ שֵֽׁם־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא בַּ֥עַל פְּרָצִֽים׃

   va-ya-a-LU be-va-al-pe-ra-TSIM va-ya-KEM SHAM da-VID va-yo-MER da-VID pa-RATS ha-e-lo-HIM et-o-ye-VAI be-ya-DI ke-FE-rets MA-yim al-KEN ka-re-U shem-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU BA-al pe-ra-TSIM

   and they went up to Baal-perazim and he struck them there David and he said David has burst through God {direct object} my enemies by my hand like a breach of waters therefore they called the name of the place that Baal Perazim

Exegesis

In that speech, the verb pāraṣ hā’ĕlōhîm {פָּרַץ הָאֱלֹהִים | pāraṣ hā’ĕlōhîm} “God broke through” uses a breach metaphor for divine intervention, intensified by the simile kəp̄ereṣ māyim {כְּפֶרֶץ מָיִם | kəp̄ereṣ māyim} “like a breaching of waters.”

Root and etymology

p-r-ṣ🔊 pe–resh–ṣade

“to break through”

• 🔊 פֶּרֶץpe-reṣbreachGenesis 38:29