וַיִּפְצְרוּ Gen. 19:9
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 11:22 pm
We read there
וַיִּפְצְרוּ בָאִישׁ בְּלוֹט מְאֹד
NIV: "They kept bringing pressure on Lot"
KJV: "And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot"
וַיִּפְצְרוּ = בא-היא-פצר-הוּא is from the root פצר, a member of the root family
בדר, בזר, בסר, בצר, בשר, בתר
פדר, פזר, פטר, פצר, פשר, פתר
and hence it seems to me that the act פצר is rather 'break down, dissolve, crumble, erode, unravel', here Lot's resolve and determination.
In 1Sam. 13:21 we encounter פְּצִירָה for sharpening or scraping by a file
הָיְתָה הַפְּצִירָה פִים לַמַּחֲרֵשֹׁת וְלָאֵתִים וְלִשְׁלֹשׁ קִלְּשׁוֹן וּלְהַקַּרְדֻּמִּים
NIV: "The price was two-thirds of a shekel for sharpening plow points and mattocks, and a third of a shekel for sharpening forks and axes"
KJV: Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes"
Isaac Fried, Boston University
וַיִּפְצְרוּ בָאִישׁ בְּלוֹט מְאֹד
NIV: "They kept bringing pressure on Lot"
KJV: "And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot"
וַיִּפְצְרוּ = בא-היא-פצר-הוּא is from the root פצר, a member of the root family
בדר, בזר, בסר, בצר, בשר, בתר
פדר, פזר, פטר, פצר, פשר, פתר
and hence it seems to me that the act פצר is rather 'break down, dissolve, crumble, erode, unravel', here Lot's resolve and determination.
In 1Sam. 13:21 we encounter פְּצִירָה for sharpening or scraping by a file
הָיְתָה הַפְּצִירָה פִים לַמַּחֲרֵשֹׁת וְלָאֵתִים וְלִשְׁלֹשׁ קִלְּשׁוֹן וּלְהַקַּרְדֻּמִּים
NIV: "The price was two-thirds of a shekel for sharpening plow points and mattocks, and a third of a shekel for sharpening forks and axes"
KJV: Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes"
Isaac Fried, Boston University