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title: פְּרָזָה — open region · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּרָזָה (6519), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: open region. BDB 1906: n.f. open region, hamlet. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּרָזָה

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«פְּרָזָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **open region** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6519 · **BDB:** פְרָזָה

### Glosses

of.unwalled.villages (1); the.open.regions (1); unwalled.villages (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

open region [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6519/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. open region, hamlet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6519/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. open region, hamlet;—only pl. פְּרָזוֹת: אֶרֶץ פ׳ Ez 38:11 a land of hamlets (opp. חוֹמָה, etc.); פ׳ תֵּשֵׁב יְרוּשָׁלַםִ Zc 2:8 as open regions shall Jerusalem sit (וָשַׁב 4); עָרֵי הַפּ׳ Est 9:19 (opp. שׁוּשָׁן v 18); perhaps Ju 5:7 (פ׳ for פְּרָזוֹן, cf. 𝔖 𝔗 GFM).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פְּרָזָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6519/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.2.8/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔ורֻ֗ץ דַּבֵּ֛ר אֶל־הַנַּ֥עַר הַלָּ֖ז לֵאמֹ֑ר פְּרָזוֹת֙ תֵּשֵׁ֣ב יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם מֵרֹ֥ב אָדָ֛ם וּבְהֵמָ֖ה בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to him run speak to the.young man this (cmp) unwalled.villages it.will.remain Jerusalem from.\[the\] multitude of.person\[s\] and livestock in the.midst of.it

*JPS 1917:* and said unto him: 'Run, speak to this young man, saying: 'Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein.

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[Ezekiel 38:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.11/)

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וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ אֶֽעֱלֶה֙ עַל־אֶ֣רֶץ פְּרָז֔וֹת אָבוֹא֙ הַשֹּׁ֣קְטִ֔ים יֹשְׁבֵ֖י לָבֶ֑טַח כֻּלָּ֗ם יֹֽשְׁבִים֙ בְּאֵ֣ין חוֹמָ֔ה וּבְרִ֥יחַ וּדְלָתַ֖יִם אֵ֥ין לָהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.say I.will.go.up on a.land of.unwalled.villages I.will.go \[those who.are\].at.peace \[who\].dwell to security of.them all \[are\].dwelling with not a.wall and bar\[s\] and gates there.\[belonged\].not to them

*JPS 1917:* and thou shalt say: I will go up against the land of unwalled villages; I will come upon them that are at quiet, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates;

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