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title: פָּרַס — Persia · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: פָּרַס (lemma:פָּרַס), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 6 times: Persia. BDB 1906: n.pr. terr. et gent. Persia Persians. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּרַס

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«פָּרַס» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **Persia** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** lemma:פָּרַס · **BDB:** פָּרַס

### Glosses

Persians (4); of.Persia (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Persia [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. terr. et gent. Persia Persians [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. terr. et gent. Persia (as kingdom), Persians (v. BH id.)—;פ׳ Dn 6:9, 13, 16; פָּרָ֑ס 5:28; Ezr 4:24; 6:14.

### Jastrow 1903

פָּרַס II: Persia [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e1/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (b. h.) pr. n. Persia. Esth. R. to I, 3 כשהמלכות במדי פ׳ טפילה לה כשהמלכות בפ׳ וכ׳ when the government is in Media, Persia is named as an attachment to it, and when the government is in Persia, Media is \&c. Ib. למה קרין אותה פ׳ וכ׳ why is it called Paras?, v. פְּרוּסָה; a. fr.—\[Deut. R. s. 10, a. e. פ׳, a censorial change, for רומי.\].—Targ. II Chr. XXXVI, 20; 22; a. e.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּרַס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 5:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.28/)

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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.'

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[Ezra 4:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.24/)

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בֵּאדַ֗יִן בְּטֵלַת֙ עֲבִידַ֣ת בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֔א דִּ֖י בִּירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וַהֲוָת֙ בָּֽטְלָ֔א עַ֚ד שְׁנַ֣ת תַּרְתֵּ֔ין לְמַלְכ֖וּת דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרָֽס׃פ

*Word for word:* then it.ceased the.work of.the.house of.(the) God which \[is\].in Jerusalem and it.was ceasing until year two of the.reign of.Darius the.king of.Persia

*JPS 1917:* Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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