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title: פֶּרֶךְ — harshness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֶּרֶךְ (6531), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: harshness. BDB 1906: harshness, severity. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֶּרֶךְ

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«פֶּרֶךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **harshness** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 6531 · **BDB:** פֶּ֫רֶךְ

### Glosses

harshness (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

harshness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6531/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

harshness, severity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6531/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] harshness, severity;—in phr. בְּפ׳ Lv 25:53, בְּפָ֑רֶךְ v 43, 46 (H P), Ez 34:4 (all c. רדה rule harshly); Ex 1:13 (c. וַיַּעֲבִדוּ), v 14 (c. עֲבֹדָה; both P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֶּרֶךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6531/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 1:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.1.13/)

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וַיַּעֲבִ֧דוּ מִצְרַ֛יִם אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּפָֽרֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* and they.compelled.to.labor Egypt (et) the.people of.Israel with harshness

*JPS 1917:* And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour.

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[Leviticus 25:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.43/)

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לֹא־תִרְדֶּ֥ה ב֖וֹ בְּפָ֑רֶךְ וְיָרֵ֖אתָ מֵאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* not you.will.rule over him with harshness and you.will.fear from God your

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

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