- Original: פּצע - Transliteration: Patsa` - Phonetic: paw-tsah' - Definition: 1. to bruise, wound, wound by bruising a. (Qal) to wound by crushing - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1799 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to split that is wound: - wound. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • stones, 1 Deuteronomy 23:1 • wounded, 2 1 Kings 20:37; Song of Songs 5:7