---
title: פָּרַח — bud · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּרַח (6524), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 34 times: bud. BDB 1906: vb. bud, sprout, shoot Hiph. Qal Hiph. Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6524.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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)‎ / פָּרַח‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# פָּרַח

<!-- .meta -->
«פָּרַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bud** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 34 times · **Key:** 6524 · **BDB:** פָּרַח

### Glosses

it.will.bud (4); it.has.broken.out (3); breaking.out (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bud [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6524/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. bud, sprout, shoot Hiph. Qal Hiph. Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6524/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** vb. bud, sprout, shoot (NH Hiph. = BH Hiph. 2; Ecclus פרח Qal = flourish, Hiph. causat., 49:10; 40:19; Arabic فَرِخَ ii. hatch, also sprout, فَرْخٌ young of bird (v. אֶפְרֹחַ infr.), twig, sprout; Assyrian pirḫu, n. sprout;—on meaning cf. GFMJBL x (1891), 57)— Pf. 3 ms. פ׳ Ez 7:10 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִפְרַח Ho 14:6 +, 3 fpl. תִּפְרַחְנָה Is 66:14, etc.; Inf. abs. פָּרֹחַ 35:2; cstr. בִּפְרֹחַ ψ 92:8; Pt. f. פֹּרַ֫חַת Gn 40:10;—bud, sprout, send out shoots, of vine Gn 40:10 (E), Ho 14:8 (sim.), Ct 6:11; 7:13; fig-tree Hb 3:17 (תִּפְרֶה); rods Nu 17:20, 23; metaph. of restored Isr. Ho 14:6; Is 27:6, cf. of bones Is 66:14 (כַּדֶּשֶׂא); of righteous ψ 72:7; 92:13 Pr 11:28; of wicked (כְּמוֹ עֵשֶׂב) ψ 92:8; also of steppe (עֲרָבָה) Is 35:1, פָּרֹחַ תִּפְרַח v 2; fig. of judgment Ho 10:4 (כָּרֹאשׁ; but on text v. Now); of זָדוֹן (q.v. p. 268) Ez 7:10. Pf. 1 s. הִפְרַחְתִּי Ez 17:24; Impf. יַפְרִחַ Jb 14:9, etc.;— cause to bud or sprout, c. acc. עֵץ Ez 17:24, זֶרַע Is 17:11, both fig. shew buds, sprouts, of tree Jb 14:9; fig. of righteous ψ 92:14; = flourish, of אֹהֶל יְשָׁרִים, Pr 14:11 (all Qal in—ִ according to BaZMG xliii (1889), 180f.).

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּרַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6524/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Proverbs 14:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.11/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
בֵּ֣ית רְ֭שָׁעִים יִשָּׁמֵ֑ד וְאֹ֖הֶל יְשָׁרִ֣ים יַפְרִֽיחַ׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].house of.wicked.\[people\] it.will.be.destroyed and.\[the\] tent of.upright.\[people\] it.will.flourish

*JPS 1917:* The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; but the tent of the upright shall flourish.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Job 14:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.14.9/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
מֵרֵ֣יחַ מַ֣יִם יַפְרִ֑חַ וְעָשָׂ֖ה קָצִ֣יר כְּמוֹ־נָֽטַע׃

*Word for word:* from.\[the\] scent of.water it.will.show.buds and it.will.produce branch\[es\] like a.plant

*JPS 1917:* Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [פְּרִזִּי](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6522.md)
- next →: [פֶּרַח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6525.md)
- ↑ back to [פ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1508-3.md)