--- title: פְּרַס — break in two · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: פְּרַס (lemma:פְּרַס), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: break in two. BDB 1906: vb. break in two Peʿîl. 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BH פרס);—Peʿîl (WCG 224) Pf. 3 fs. פְּרִיסַת מַלְכוּתָךְ Dn 5:28. ### Jastrow 1903 פְּרַס I: to split, divide, break to break bread and say grace Af. kuzé to divide, arrange to arbitrate, value to distribute, spread; to publish published to spread Pali to publish, divulge to distribute, arrange to spread forth Hif. to set the foot to be spread, published [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b0_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e1/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** to split, divide, break; esp. to break bread and say grace. Targ. II Kings IV, 39 (h. text פלח). Targ. I Sam. IX, 13 פריס על מזונא ed. Lag. (oth. ed. פ׳ מזונא; Ar. יַפְרִיס נכסתא Af.).—Yalk. Prov. 947 פָּרֵיס מנחם ויהיב לאבל the comforter breaks the bread and gives it to the mourner (ref. to Lam. I, 17). Snh. 49ᵃ bot. פריס להו he divided with them, v. מוֹנִינֵי. B. Mets. 40ᵃ פריס ר׳ י׳ שיתא וכ׳ R. J. sold at the rate of six kuzé for \&c.; a. e.—Part. pass. פָּרִיס; f. פְּרִיסָא. Pes. 37ᵇ והכא כמאן דפ׳ דמיא and here it has the appearance of being broken; Men. 78ᵇ (not דמי). Bekh. 40ᵃ דשפיד ופריס (ed. ופרוס, Hebr. form) when the mouth is pointed and (the lip) parted (like that of swine); a. e. to divide, arrange; (= h. העריך, סדר) to arbitrate, value. Targ. O. Lev. XXVII, 8; a. fr.—Denom. פּוּרְסָא, פּוֹרָסָא, פּוּרְסָנָא. to distribute, spread; to publish. Targ. Job XXXVI, 30. Targ. II Sam. XVII, 19 ופַרְסַת (not ופֵ׳). Targ. Prov. XXIX, 5; a. fr.—Part. pass. פָּרִיס; f. פְּרִיסָא; pl. פְּרִיסִין; פְּרִיסַן. Targ. Ex. XXV, 20 (Bxt. פָּרְסִין); a. fr.—Targ. II Esth. IV, 8 פָּרִיס published.—Ber. 55ᵇ בעידנא דפַרְסֵי וכ׳ when they (the priests) spread their hands (to bless). Y. Sabb. XX, beg. 17ᶜ הוון פָּרְסִין קילעיה וכ׳ they spread the curtains on the day before up to four cubits, and the next day they spread them entirely. Ber. 51ᵃ (expl. עיטוף) ר׳ אסי פָרֵיס סודרא וכ׳ R. A. used to spread a cloth over his head (before taking up the cup of benediction). Sabb. 48ᵃ. Y. ib. XVII, end, 15ᵈ, v. גְּדִישָׁא; a. fr. to spread. Targ. Lam. I, 17; a. e. (Pali) פַּרְסִי (v. P. Sm. 3276) to publish, divulge. Targ. Y. II, Gen. XXXVIII, 25 מפרסיא (Y. I מפרסמא). to distribute, arrange. Targ. I Sam. IX, 13 Ar. (v. supra). to spread forth. Targ. Is. XXV, 11. (v. preced.Hif.) to set the foot. Targ. II Esth. I, 2. to be spread, published. Ib. III, 15; VIII, 13, sq. אתפרסת Ar. s. v. דיטגמא (ed. אתפרסמת).—Lam. R. to II, 2 ולא תִתְפַּרְסִין וכ׳ (fr. פַּרְסִי) rather than that the secrets of the government be divulged. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «פְּרַס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b0_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Daniel 5:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.28/) פְּרֵ֑ס פְּרִיסַת֙ מַלְכוּתָ֔ךְ וִיהִיבַ֖ת לְמָדַ֥י וּפָרָֽס׃ *Word for word:* peres it.has.been.broken.in.two kingdom your and it.has.been.given to Medes and Persians *JPS 1917:* PERES, thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.' - ← previous: [פְּרֵס](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e4_5b0_5bc_5e8_5b5_5e1.md) - next →: [פָּרַס](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e1.md) - ↑ back to [פ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1508.md)