Hebrew word · H6560
פֶּרֶץ עֻזָּא
peretz
Perez-uzza
A place name meaning 'Breach of Uzza' or 'Uzza's Outburst.' It belongs to a well-known type of Hebrew place name that remembers an event, such as Bethel ('house of God,' Gen 28:19), Massah and Meribah ('testing' and 'quarrel,' Exod 17:7), and Baal-perazim (1 Chr 14:11).
Appears 4 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.
What it means
§ Perez-uzza or Perezuzzah = "breach of Uzza"
the place where Uzzah was slain by God for touching the Ark; located close to Jerusalem
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
In depth
From the study of 1 Chronicles 13:11
- Range of meaning
A place name meaning 'Breach of Uzza' or 'Uzza's Outburst.' It belongs to a well-known type of Hebrew place name that remembers an event, such as Bethel ('house of God,' Gen 28:19), Massah and Meribah ('testing' and 'quarrel,' Exod 17:7), and Baal-perazim (1 Chr 14:11).
- Against the English
Most versions transliterate it as 'Perez-uzza(h)'. YLT translates it: 'Breach of Uzza.' NLT transliterates and adds the meaning in brackets. A transliteration alone hides the fact that the name is a sentence about what happened.
- Used elsewhere in the period
The exact name appears only here and in 2 Sam 6:8. Its exact location, between Kiriath-jearim and Jerusalem, is unknown.
Similar words
Where it appears
2 Samuel · 2
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2 Samuel 6:8 פֶּ֣רֶץ עֻזָּ֔ה Perez, Uzzah
Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah. So he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.
1 Chronicles · 2
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1 Chronicles 13:11 פֶּ֣רֶץ עֻזָּ֔א Perez, Uzzah
Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah. So he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.
Here: The same word as the 'breaking-out' in the middle of the verse, now part of a name. The name simply repeats what God did.
Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.