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title: פָּרַע — let go · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּרַע (6544), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: let go. BDB 1906: vb. let go, let alone. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּרַע

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«פָּרַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **let go** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 6544 · **BDB:** פָּרַע²

### Glosses

\[one.who\].ignores (2); he.will.let.loose (2); let.loose (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

let go [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6544/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. let go, let alone [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6544/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. let go, let alone (NH id. unbind (hair), uncover; Arabic فَرَغَ be empty, vacant, unoccupied (c. من rei), Syriac ܦܪܰܥ uncover; 𝔗 פְּרַע = NH);— Pf. 3 ms. consec. וּפָרַע Nu 5:18; sf. פְּרָעֹה (Ges§ 7 b, c) Ex 32:25; Impf. 3 ms. יִפְרָ֑ע Lv 21:10, etc.; Imv. ms. sf. פְּרָעֵהוּ Pr 4:15; Inf. cstr. פְּרֹעַ Ju 5:2; Pt. act. פּוֹרֵעַ Pr 13:18; 15:32; pass. פָּרוּעַ Lv 13:45, פָּרֻעַ Ex 32:25;— let go, let loose, people, i.e. remove restraint from them, Ex 32:25(×2) (E); cf. Jb 15:4 CheJQ, July 1897, 577 (תִּפְרָע for תִּגְרַע); unbind head (by removing turban, sign of mourning) Lv 10:6; 21:10 (forbidden to priests); also 13:45 (leper), Nu 5:18 (woman; all c. רֹאשׁ; v. NowArch. ii. 114; \>denom. from פֶּרַע Gerber18 al.). let alone = avoid Pr 4:15; = neglect 1:25; 8:33; 13:18; 15:32; abs. = refrain Ez 24:14.—Ju 5:2 v. I. פֶּרַע. Impf. 3 ms. יִפָּ֫רַע עָ֑ם Pr 29:18 the people is let loose, lacks restraint. Pf. 3 ms. הִפְרִיעַ 2 Ch 28:19; Impf. 2 mpl. תַּפְרִיעוּ Ex 5:4;— cause people to refrain, מִמַּעֲשָׂיו Ex 5:4. shew lack of restraint 2 Ch 28:19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּרַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6544/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 8:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.33/)

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שִׁמְע֖וּ מוּסָ֥ר וַחֲכָ֗מוּ וְאַל־תִּפְרָֽעוּ׃

*Word for word:* listen.to correction and act.wisely and do.not neglect.\[it\]

*JPS 1917:* Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

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[Proverbs 13:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.18/)

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רֵ֣ישׁ וְ֭קָלוֹן פּוֹרֵ֣עַ מוּסָ֑ר וְשׁוֹמֵ֖ר תּוֹכַ֣חַת יְכֻבָּֽד׃

*Word for word:* poverty and shame \[one.who\].ignores discipline and \[one.who\].keeps correction he.is.honored

*JPS 1917:* Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction; but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

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