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title: פָּרַד — divide · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּרַד (6504), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 26 times: divide. BDB 1906: vb. divide. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּרַד

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«פָּרַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **divide** — 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:** 26 times · **Key:** 6504 · **BDB:** פָּרַד

### Glosses

they.separated (4); separated (3); \[is\].separating (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

divide [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6504/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. divide [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6504/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. divide (NH id., divide, separate; so Syriac in der. spec. and deriv.; Arabic فَرَدَ be single, sole, also (Dozy) unfold, unroll);— Pt. pass. fpl. פְּרֻדוֹת Ez 1:11 divided, i.e. spread, of wings. Pf. 3 pl. נִפְרְדוּ Gn 10:5, 32, נִפְרָ֑דוּ 2 S 1:23; Impf. יִפָּרֵד Gn 2:10; Pr 19:4, etc.; Imv. ms. הִפָּ֫רֶד נָא Gn 13:9; Inf. cstr. הִפָּֽרֶד־לוֹט v 14; Pt. נִפְרָד Ju 4:11; Pr 18:1, נִפְרָדִים Ne 4:13;— divide, separate (intrans.), Gn 2:10 (of river, dividing into branches); of one man separating from another, c. מֵעַל 13:9, 11, מֵעִם v 14 (all J), from others, מִן Ju 4:11; recipr. Gn 25:23 (J; of sons of Rebekah representing nations, c. מִמֵּעַיִךְ in constr. praegn. \[Ges§ 119 ff\], i.e. divided (hostile) from birth); abs. Pr 18:1; of peoples separating from (מִן) parent stock 10:5, 32 (P). be divided, separated, 2 S 1:23; Ne 4:13; of loss of friendship Pr 19:4. Impf. 3 ms. רְפָרֵ֑דוּ Ho 4:14 make a separation, i.e. go apart (in company with \[עִם\] harlots, cf. RSSem. i, 436, 2nd ed. 455). Pt. divided, עַם … מְפֻוָּר וּמְפֹרָד בֵּין הָעַמִּים Est 3:8. Pf. 3 ms. הִפְרִיד Gn 30:40; Impf. יַפְרִיד Ru 1:17; Pr 18:18, 3 mpl. וַיַּפְרִדוּ 2 K 2:11; Inf. cstr. sf. בְּהַפְרִידוֹ Dt 32:8; Pt. מַפְרִיד Pr 16:28; 17:9;— divide, separate Gn 30:40 (JE) Dt 32:8, of separating friends Pr 16:28; 17:9. make a division, separation, between (בֵּין), 2 K 2:11; Ru 1:17; of parting disputants (c. בֵּין) Pr 18:18. Pf. 3 pl. וְהִתְפָּֽרְדוּ ψ 22:15; Impf. יִתְפָּֽרְדוּ 92:10, -רָ֑דוּ Jb 4:11; 41:9;—be divided, separated, from each other; of scales of crocodile (c. neg.) Jb 41:9, of bones, = be loosened at the joint, ψ 22:15 (fig. of helplessness); = be dispersed Jb 4:11 ψ 92:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 26 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «פָּרַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6504/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 16:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.28/)

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אִ֣ישׁ תַּ֭הְפֻּכוֹת יְשַׁלַּ֣ח מָד֑וֹן וְ֝נִרְגָּ֗ןמַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף׃

*Word for word:* a.person of.perversiti(es) he.sends.out strife and a.slanderer \[is\].separating a.close.friend

*JPS 1917:* A froward man soweth strife; and a whisperer separateth familiar friends.

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[Proverbs 18:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.18.1/)

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לְֽ֭תַאֲוָה יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ נִפְרָ֑ד בְּכָל־תּ֝וּשִׁיָּ֗ה יִתְגַּלָּֽע׃

*Word for word:* (to) desire he.seeks \[one.who\].separates.himself on all sound.wisdom he.breaks.out

*JPS 1917:* He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, and snarlest against all sound wisdom.

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