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title: פָּרָה — heifer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּרָה (6510), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 26 times: heifer. BDB 1906: n.f. heifer, cow. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּרָה

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«פָּרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **heifer** — 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:** 6510 · **BDB:** פָּרָה³

### Glosses

cows (17); the.heifer (3); a.heifer (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

heifer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6510/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. heifer, cow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6510/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. heifer, cow;—abs. פ׳ Is 11:7 +; sf. פָּרָתוֹ Jb 21:10; pl. פָּרוֹת Gn 32:16 +, פָּרֹת 41:26; cstr. פָּרוֹת Am 4:1;—as gift Gn 32:16; in Pharaoh’s dream 41:2, 3(×2) + 8 times 41; drawing cart 1 S 6:7, 12, 14 + פ׳ עָלוֹת v 7, 10 cows giving suck, milch cows; פ׳ calving Jb 21:10, grazing Is 11:7; פ׳ אֲדֻמָּה red heifer Nu 19:2, cf. v 5, 6, 9, 10; sim. of stubbornness Ho 4:16; פָּרוֹת הַבָּשָׁן Am 4:1, fig. of luxurious women.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6510/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 21:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.21.10/)

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שׁוֹר֣וֹ עִ֭בַּר וְלֹ֣א יַגְעִ֑ל תְּפַלֵּ֥ט פָּ֝רָת֗וֹ וְלֹ֣א תְשַׁכֵּֽל׃

*Word for word:* bull his it.impregnates and not it.fails it.calves cow his and not it.miscarries

*JPS 1917:* Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

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[Hosea 4:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.4.16/)

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כִּ֚י כְּפָרָ֣ה סֹֽרֵרָ֔ה סָרַ֖ר יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עַתָּה֙ יִרְעֵ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה כְּכֶ֖בֶשׂ בַּמֶּרְחָֽב׃

*Word for word:* (dm) like a.heifer stubborn it.is.stubborn Israel now he will.pasture.them Yahweh like a.lamb in.(the) roomy place

*JPS 1917:* For Israel is stubborn like a stubborn heifer; now shall the LORD feed them as a lamb in a large place?

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