brech: Represented by
(1) perets = "a tear," "a rending asunder," "a break," hence, figuratively "enmity," "disruption," "strife" (Ge 38:29;Jud 21:15;2Sa 5:20;1Ch 15:13;Ne 6:1;Job 16:14;Ps 106:23;Isa 30:13;58:12);
(2) shebher = "fracture," "affliction," "bruise," "destruction" (Le 24:20;Jer 14:17;La 2:13;Ps 60:2);
(3) bedheq = "a gap" or "leak" (in a building or ship) occurring in2Ki 12:5-8,12;22:5;
(4) tenu'ah = "alienation," "breach of promise" (Nu 14:34the 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