Quick Definition
to split open
Strong's Definition
to rend (by earthquake)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: break.
TWOT Reference: 1798
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to split or break open
1a) (Qal) to crack
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פָּצַם (pa.tsam) — to split open. 1) to split or break open 1a) (Qal) to crack
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Unsafe | verb qal
to split open exact meaning unsure; literally: to split; hence, probably: = causative process by which a deity causes a country to be no longer able to defend itself so that enemies have free access
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[פָּצַם] vb. split open;—Qal ψ 60:4 ref