--- title: פַּר — young bull · The Tanakh dictionary description: פַּר (6499), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 133 times: young bull. BDB 1906: n.m. young bull, steer. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6499.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [פ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1508-3.md)‎ / פַּר‎ # פַּר «פַּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **young bull** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 133 times · **Key:** 6499 · **BDB:** פַּר² ### Glosses a.young.bull (33); bull (32); young.bulls (26) ### Meaning (OSHB) young bull [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6499/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. young bull, steer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6499/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 32:16 young bull, steer;—abs. פ׳ Nu 7:15 +, פָּ֑ר ψ 50:9, always הַפָּר 1 S 1:25 +; cstr. פַּר (הַ)חַטָּאת Ex 29:36 +; pl. פָּרִים Gn 32:16 +; sf. פָּרֶיהָ Je 50:27;—steer \[v. especially פַּר בֶּן־בָּקָר Lv 4:3 + 6 times; פ׳ אֶחָד ב׳־ב׳ Ex 29:1 + 12 times Nu 7, cf. 8:8; פ׳ ב׳־ב׳ אֶחָד Nu 15:24 + 3 times, cf. Ez 43:23; 45:18; 46:6; pl. פָּרִים בְּנֵי־ב׳ Nu 28:11 + 4 times; v. בֵּן, בָּקָר\]: as gift Gn 32:16 (E); fig. of fierce enemies ψ 22:18. elsewhere as sacrifical victims: in peace-offering Ex 24:5 (E; Covenant Code), 1 S 1:24 (read פַּר for פָּרִים 𝔊 𝔖 Th We Dr al.), v 25 Nu 7:88 (P), 2 Ch 30:24(×2). burnt-offering Ju 6:25(×2) (on text cf. GFM), v 26, 28 1 K 18:23(×3), 25, 26, 33; Ez 43:23 + 5 times Ez, Nu 7:15, 21 + 46 times Nu (P), 1 Ch 15:26; 29:21 Ezr 8:35 Jb 42:8 ψ 50:9; 51:21; Lv 23:18 (gloss, Dr-Wh). sin-offering Ez 43:19 + 5 times Ez, Ex 29:1, 3, 10(×2), 11, 12, 14, 36 cf. 2 Ch 13:9; 29:21, Lv 4:3, 4(×3) + 25 times Lv (P), Nu 8:8;—both b. and c. Nu 8:12. more gen. Is 1:11 ψ 69:32. fig. פָּרִים שְׂפָתֵינוּ Ho 14:3 we will pay (as with) bullocks, our lips, but read פְּרִי 𝔊 We Now, cf. Che. of princes and warriors slain by י׳, under fig. of sacrifice Is 34:7; Je 50:27; Ez39:18. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 47 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «פַּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6499/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 22:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.22.13/) סְ֭בָבוּנִי פָּרִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים אַבִּירֵ֖י בָשָׁ֣ן כִּתְּרֽוּנִי׃ *Word for word:* they have.surrounded.me bulls many mighty.\[bulls\] of.Bashan they have.surrounded.me *JPS 1917:* Many bulls have encompassed me; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. [Psalms 69:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.32/) וְתִיטַ֣ב לַֽ֭יהוָה מִשּׁ֥וֹר פָּ֗ר מַקְרִ֥ן מַפְרִֽיס׃ *Word for word:* and it.will.be.good to Yahweh more than.an.ox a.young.bull having.horns having.hooves *JPS 1917:* And it shall please the LORD better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs. - ← previous: [פַּקֻּעֹת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6498.md) - next →: [פָּרָא](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6500.md) - ↑ back to [פ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1508-3.md)