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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary
Strong's #6561 - פָּרַק
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2643) qrp (פרק PRQ) AC: Tear CO: ? AB: ?: [from: rp- breaking]
V) qrp (פרק PRQ) - Tear away: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (11): (vf: Paal, Hitpael, Piel) break, rend, redeem, deliver, tear - Strongs: H6561 (פָּרַק), H6562 (פְּרַק)
Nm) qrp (פרק PRQ) - I. Crossroad:As a tearing apart of the path. II. Fragment:As torn from the whole. III. Booty:As torn from the whole. KJV (3): crossway, robbery, broth - Strongs: H6563 (פֶּרֶק), H6564 (פָּרָק)
af2) tqrpm (מפרקת MPRQT) - Neck: From the tearing off of the head at the neck of a bird to kill it. KJV (1): neck - Strongs: H4665 (מַפְרֶקֶת)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
פָּרַק to rend, to break (an onomatopoetic root, widely extended with the same signification in the Indo-Germanic languages, as Sanscr. prah, Lat. frango, Gothic brikan, ap. Keron. prichan, Germ. brechen, brocken, to break. In a softer form it is בָּרַךְ to break the knees, i.e. to bend them, and by casting away the labial, ῥήγνυμι). Specially
(1) to break off, followed by מֵעַר Genesis 27:40.
(2) to break or crush bones and limbs (used of a wild beast), Psalms 7:3.
(3) to break away, to liberate, Psalms 136:24; Lamentations 5:8 (Syr. ܦܪܰܩ id).
Piel.
(1) to break off, to tear off, Exodus 32:2; Zechariah 11:16.
(2) to break, or rend in pieces, 1 Kings 19:11.
Hithpael.
(1) to be broken in pieces, Ezekiel 19:12.
(2) to break, or tear off from oneself, with an acc. Exodus 32:3, 24 Exodus 32:24 compare Hebr. Gramm. ed. x. § 53. 3, d.
Derivatives, פָּרָק, פֶּרֶק, מַפְרֶקֶת.
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20