pa.rats describes breaking through a barrier, bursting out in force, or spreading outward into abundance.

The most visible use is forcing a breach through a wall, gate, or other boundary; the same action can describe a forceful outbreak against people or a spreading outward into abundance. A smaller group of verses shows persistent pressure or conduct that crosses restraint.

1. Forcing a breach through a barrier · dominant

   The Qal forms describe making or passing through an opening: in 2 Kings 14:13 the APB renders the action against Jerusalem’s wall as “breached,” and in 2 Chronicles 26:6 it renders breaches in the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. In Micah 2:13, the active participle identifies “the one breaking through,” followed by people passing through the gate and going out.

   2 Kings 14:132 Chronicles 25:232 Chronicles 26:62 Chronicles 24:7Ecclesiastes 10:8Micah 2:13
2. Breaking out in a destructive onset · common

   Several Qal perfect and imperfect forms portray a disruptive force bursting out against a person or group. In 2 Samuel 6:8 the APB renders the clause “the LORD had broken out against Uzzah,” while in Psalm 106:29 it says that “a plague broke out among them”; Job 16:14 presents repeated breaches directed against Job.

   2 Samuel 6:81 Chronicles 13:111 Chronicles 15:13Exodus 19:22Psalm 106:29Job 16:14
3. Spreading outward or increasing greatly · common

   The verb also occurs where people, possessions, or produce extend beyond a prior measure. In Genesis 28:14, the second-masculine-singular sequential perfect is set with movement “to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south”; Genesis 30:43 and Proverbs 3:10 place the action in clauses of exceptional prosperity and overflowing vats.

   Genesis 28:14Exodus 1:12Genesis 30:30Genesis 30:43Isaiah 54:3Proverbs 3:10
4. Pressing beyond restraint · occasional

   In a few clauses, the action concerns persistent pressure or crossing a limit rather than a literal wall. In 2 Samuel 13:27 the APB renders Absalom’s action as “pressed him,” and 1 Samuel 28:23 similarly says that the servants and woman “urged him”; 1 Samuel 25:10 depicts servants “breaking away from” a master.

   2 Samuel 13:252 Samuel 13:271 Samuel 28:231 Samuel 25:10Hosea 4:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously renders the clauses with “broken through,” “breached,” “break out,” “pressed,” and expressions of increase or abundance. Because its English is a whole-verse translation, individual renderings do not always isolate the term’s contribution.