UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: מֵפִיץ · תְּפֹוצָה

Sense 1: to be scattered, to be dispersed, to spread

Semantic domains: Scatter (002003002023)

Core domains: Space (166)

Definition: = process by which humans or animals leave their normal location and move away in different directions, usually not of their own volition

Forms: vbqal-; vbnif-

GEN 10:18: RV GEN 10:18 · LV GEN 10:18 · Read together GEN 10:18

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OET-RV GEN 10:18

18 Arvadi, Tsemari, and Hamati. Later on, the Kena’an clans spread in all directions

OET-LV GEN 10:18

18 And_DOM the_ʼArvādī and_DOM the_Tsəmārī and_DOM the_Ḩₐmātī and_after the _clans _of the_Kənaˊₐnī they _were _scattered.

GEN 11:4: RV GEN 11:4 · LV GEN 11:4 · Read together GEN 11:4

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OET-RV GEN 11:4

4 Then they said, “Come on, let’s build a city for ourselves and a tower with its top in the sky, and let’s make a reputation for ourselves, so that we don’t get scattered all over the whole earth.”

OET-LV GEN 11:4

4 And_they _said come_NOW let _us _build to/for_ourselves a _city and_(a)_tower and_its_top in_the _heavens and_we _may _make to/for_ourselves a _name lest we _should _be _scattered over the _surface _of all _of the_earth/land.

All 24 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: RV GEN 10:18 · RV GEN 11:4 · LV GEN 10:18 · LV GEN 11:4 · Read together GEN 10:18 · Read together GEN 11:4

NUM: RV NUM 10:35 · LV NUM 10:35 · Read together NUM 10:35

SA1: RV SA1 11:11 · LV SA1 11:11 · Read together SA1 11:11

SA2: RV SA2 18:8 · LV SA2 18:8 · Read together SA2 18:8

KI1: RV KI1 22:17 · LV KI1 22:17 · Read together KI1 22:17

KI2: RV KI2 25:5 · LV KI2 25:5 · Read together KI2 25:5

CH2: RV CH2 18:16 · LV CH2 18:16 · Read together CH2 18:16

PSA: RV PSA 68:1 · LV PSA 68:2 · Read together PSA 68:1

ISA: RV ISA 11:12 · LV ISA 11:12 · Read together ISA 11:12

JER: RV JER 10:21 · RV JER 25:34 · RV JER 40:15 · RV JER 52:8 · LV JER 10:21 · LV JER 25:34 · LV JER 40:15 · LV JER 52:8 · Read together JER 10:21 · Read together JER 25:34 · Read together JER 40:15 · Read together JER 52:8

EZE: RV EZE 11:17 · RV EZE 20:34 · RV EZE 20:41 · RV EZE 28:25 · RV EZE 29:13 · RV EZE 34:5–6 · RV EZE 34:12 · LV EZE 11:17 · LV EZE 20:34 · LV EZE 20:41 · LV EZE 28:25 · LV EZE 29:13 · LV EZE 34:5–6 · LV EZE 34:12 · Read together EZE 11:17 · Read together EZE 20:34 · Read together EZE 20:41 · Read together EZE 28:25 · Read together EZE 29:13 · Read together EZE 34:5–6 · Read together EZE 34:12

ZEP: RV ZEP 3:10 · LV ZEP 3:10 · Read together ZEP 3:10

ZEC: RV ZEC 13:7 · LV ZEC 13:7 · Read together ZEC 13:7

Sense 2: to disperse

Semantic domains: Scatter (002003002023)

Core domains: Space (166)

Definition: = action by which humans leave their location and move away in different directions

Forms: vbqal-; vbhif-

EXO 5:12: RV EXO 5:12 · LV EXO 5:12 · Read together EXO 5:12

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OET-RV EXO 5:12

12 So the people dispersed throughout all of Mitsrayim (Egypt) to gather stubble for straw,

OET-LV EXO 5:12

12 And_ the_people _he/it _scattered in_all the _land _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) to_gather stubble for_straw.

SA1 13:8: RV SA1 13:8 · LV SA1 13:8 · Read together SA1 13:8

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OET-RV SA1 13:8

8 He waited seven days until the time when Shmuel (Samuel) had said that he’d get there, but he didn’t appear so Sha’ul’s men began to desert him.

OET-LV SA1 13:8

8 And seven _of days to_time which Shəmū^ʼēl/(Samuel) and_not Shəmū^ʼēl he _had _come (the)_Gilgāl and_he/it _scattered the_people from_with_him.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

EXO: RV EXO 5:12 · LV EXO 5:12 · Read together EXO 5:12

SA1: RV SA1 13:8 · RV SA1 14:34 · LV SA1 13:8 · LV SA1 14:34 · Read together SA1 13:8 · Read together SA1 14:34

SA2: RV SA2 20:22 · LV SA2 20:22 · Read together SA2 20:22

Sense 3: to scatter, to disperse

Semantic domains: Scatter (002003002023)

Core domains: Space (166)

Definition: = causative action by which humans, deities, natural forces, or emotions cause (other) humans, animals, or natural forces to leave their location and move away in different directions

Forms: vbhif-

GEN 11:8: RV GEN 11:8 · LV GEN 11:8 · Read together GEN 11:8

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OET-RV GEN 11:8

8 ⇔So then they stopped building the city and Yahweh caused them to scatter over the whole world.

OET-LV GEN 11:8

8 And_ YHWH _he/it _scattered DOM_them from_there over the _surface _of all _of the_earth/land and_they _stopped to_build the_city.

GEN 11:9: RV GEN 11:9 · LV GEN 11:9 · Read together GEN 11:9

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OET-RV GEN 11:9

9 That’s why they named the city ‘Bavel’ (meaning ‘mixed-up’) because it was there that Yahweh mixed up everyone’s language and then scattered them over the whole world.

OET-LV GEN 11:9

9 Therefore yes/correct/thus/so someone _called his/its_name Bāⱱel if/because there YHWH he _confused the _language _of all _of the_earth/land and_from_there he/it _scattered_them YHWH over the _surface _of all _of the_earth/land.

All 33 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: RV GEN 11:8–9 · RV GEN 49:7 · LV GEN 11:8–9 · LV GEN 49:7 · Read together GEN 11:8–9 · Read together GEN 49:7

DEU: RV DEU 4:27 · RV DEU 28:64 · RV DEU 30:3 · LV DEU 4:27 · LV DEU 28:64 · LV DEU 30:3 · Read together DEU 4:27 · Read together DEU 28:64 · Read together DEU 30:3

SA2: RV SA2 22:15 · LV SA2 22:15 · Read together SA2 22:15

NEH: RV NEH 1:8 · LV NEH 1:8 · Read together NEH 1:8

JOB: RV JOB 18:11 · RV JOB 37:11 · RV JOB 38:24 · LV JOB 18:11 · LV JOB 37:11 · LV JOB 38:24 · Read together JOB 18:11 · Read together JOB 37:11 · Read together JOB 38:24

PSA: RV PSA 18:14 · RV PSA 144:6 · LV PSA 18:15 · LV PSA 144:6 · Read together PSA 18:14 · Read together PSA 144:6

ISA: RV ISA 24:1 · RV ISA 28:25 · RV ISA 41:16 · LV ISA 24:1 · LV ISA 28:25 · LV ISA 41:16 · Read together ISA 24:1 · Read together ISA 28:25 · Read together ISA 41:16

JER: RV JER 9:16 · RV JER 13:24 · RV JER 18:17 · RV JER 23:1–2 · RV JER 30:11 · LV JER 9:15 · LV JER 13:24 · LV JER 18:17 · LV JER 23:1–2 · LV JER 30:11 · Read together JER 9:16 · Read together JER 13:24 · Read together JER 18:17 · Read together JER 23:1–2 · Read together JER 30:11

NAH: RV NAH 2:1 · LV NAH 2:2 · Read together NAH 2:1

HAB: RV HAB 3:14 · LV HAB 3:14 · Read together HAB 3:14

Sense 4: to overflow

Semantic domains: Abundant (002001003001)

Core domains: Quantity (138)

Definition: literally: to scatter, disperse; hence: = process by which a certain condition pervades an entire location

Forms: vbqal-

ZEC 1:17: RV ZEC 1:17 · LV ZEC 1:17 · Read together ZEC 1:17

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OET-RV ZEC 1:17

17 “Again, call out and say, ‘Commander-in-chief Yahweh says this: My cities will once again overflow with goodness, and I will again comfort Tsiyon and choose Yerushalem.’ ”

OET-LV ZEC 1:17

17 Again proclaim to_say thus YHWH soldiers/messengers he _says again cities _of_my they _will _overflow from_good and_ YHWH _he _will _comfort again DOM Tsiyyōn and_he _will _choose again (in)_Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem).

Sense 5: to unleash, to vent

Semantic domains: Relief (002001002023)

Definition: literally: to scatter, disperse; hence: = causative action by which deities give vent to their emotions

Forms: vbhif-

JOB 40:11: RV JOB 40:11 · LV JOB 40:11 · Read together JOB 40:11

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OET-RV JOB 40:11

11 Let your fierce anger loose,
⇔ and take every proud person on and bring them down.

OET-LV JOB 40:11

11 Scatter the _furi(es)_of your _anger _of_your and_see every _of proud_person and_bring_him _low.

Sense 6: to overflow

Semantic domains: Flow (002002001007)

Core domains: Liquids (101)

Definition: literally: to scatter, disperse; hence: = process by which a liquid flows beyond its normal boundaries; ≈ a euphemism for sperm and used as a reference to promiscuity

Forms: vbqal-

PRO 5:16: RV PRO 5:16 · LV PRO 5:16 · Read together PRO 5:16

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OET-RV PRO 5:16

16 Should your springs overflow out onto the streets,
⇔ ≈ with streams of water in the plaza?

OET-LV PRO 5:16

16 Springs _of_your will _they _overflow outside_to_the in_places streams _of water.

Sense 7: to be dispossessed

Semantic domains: Non-Possess (002003002019)

Core domains: Possession (128)

Definition: literally: to be scattered, dispersed (from one's property); hence: = process by which humans lose possession of their property, usually not of their own volition

EZE 46:18: RV EZE 46:18 · LV EZE 46:18 · Read together EZE 46:18

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OET-RV EZE 46:18

18 The leader mustn’t take the people’s inheritance away from them, evicting them from their own property—he must provide for his sons from his own property so that my people won’t be forced off their own inherited land.”

OET-LV EZE 46:18