Meaning
Breach brech: Represented by
(1) perets = "a tear," "a rending asunder," "a break," hence, figuratively "enmity," "disruption," "strife" (Gen 38:29, Jdg 21:15, 2Sa 5:20, 1Ch 15:13, Neh 6:1, Job 16:14, Psa 106:23, Isa 30:13, Isa 58:12);
(2) shebher = "fracture," "affliction," "bruise," "destruction" (Lev 24:20, Jer 14:17, Lam 2:13, Psa 60:2);
(3) bedheq = "a gap" or "leak" (in a building or ship) occurring in 2Ki 12:5-8, 2Ki 12:12, 2Ki 22:5;
(4) tenu'ah = "alienation," "breach of promise" (Nu 14:34 the King James Version);
(5) miphrats = "a break" (in the shore), and hence, "a haven" (Jud 5:17, the Revised Version (British and American) "creeks").
Frank E. Hirsch
