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title: פֹּארָה — bough · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֹּארָה (6288), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: bough. BDB 1906: n.f. bough. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֹּארָה

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«פֹּארָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bough** — 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:** 6288 · **BDB:** פֹּארָה

### Glosses

branches (5); boughs (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bough [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6288/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. bough [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6288/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. bough;—pl., all in fig.: of vine, abs. פֹּארֹת Ez 17:6 (Baer פֹּרֹאות); of cedar, sf. פֹּארֹתוֹ 31:5 (Kt; יו—ָ Qr); פֹּארֹתָיו v 6, פֹּרֹאתָיו v 8, 12, 13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֹּארָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6288/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 31:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.31.13/)

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עַל־מַפַּלְתּ֥וֹ יִשְׁכְּנ֖וּ כָּל־ע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְאֶל־פֹּארֹתָ֣יו הָי֔וּ כֹּ֖ל חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* on trunk its.fallen they.dwelt every (the).bird of the.heavens and to branches its they.were every (the).animal of the.field

*JPS 1917:* Upon his carcass all the fowls of the heaven do dwell, and upon his branches are all the beasts of the field;

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[Ezekiel 31:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.31.5/)

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עַל־כֵּן֙ גָּבְהָ֣א קֹמָת֔וֹ מִכֹּ֖ל עֲצֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה וַתִּרְבֶּ֨ינָה סַֽרְעַפֹּתָ֜יו וַתֶּאֱרַ֧כְנָה פֹארֹתָ֛יו מִמַּ֥יִם רַבִּ֖ים בְּשַׁלְּחֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* therefore it.was.tall height its more than.all the.trees of the.field and they.became.great boughs its and they.became.long branches its from waters many when it sent.out

*JPS 1917:* Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long, because of the multitude of waters, when it shot them forth.

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