Hebrew

Verb

פָּרַץ • ‎(paráts) ‎(pa'al construction)

1. to breach: to break open a gap in an enclosure or the like.
2. (by extension) to break into, to burglarize, to burgle
3. (by extension) to burst into (e.g. to burst into tears)
4. (by extension, computing) to crack

Conjugation

References

• “H6555”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Etymology 2

From the same root as Etymology 1, in the קֶטֶל ‎(qéṭel) pattern.

Noun

פֶּרֶץ • ‎(pérets) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. A breach: a gap in an enclosure or the like.
2. An outburst.
3. (psychology) An impulse, an urge.

Proper noun

פֶּרֶץ • ‎(pérets) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. A male given name, Peretz.
2. A surname​.

Usage notes

• This appears in Genesis 38:29, where it is translated usually as Perez but in the King James Version as Pharez.