se fendre

Après, alors qu’il le nettoyait, le chalumeau se fendit ce qui l’obligea à en commander un autre pour le rendre à son propriétaire.
After the performance and whilst cleaning it, the chanter splintered leaving him with no option but to order another one to return to the owner.
Et le voile du sanctuaire se fendit en deux, du haut en bas.
And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.
Elle se fendit alors, et chaque versant fut comme une énorme montagne.
So it divided, and each separate part become like the huge, firm mass of a mountain.
Elle se fendit [en deux], et chacune de [ses] parties fut comme une grande (haute) montagne.
And it parted, and each part was as a mountain vast.
Et voilà que le voile du sanctuaire se fendit en deux, du haut en bas, la terre trembla, les rochers se fendirent,
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
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