the translator chose fallen parts (πεπτωκότα, perfect accusative neuter participle of πίπτω) as a rendering for פרץ after employing fallen (πεπτωκυῖαν, perfect accusative feminine participle of πίπτω) for נפל. The technique of employing one word in a language to translate two or more words from another language is called lexical leveling. Lexical leveling is frequent in the LXX. However, so is the opposite tendency, which is to employ more than one Greek gloss for the same Hebrew word. This is
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