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title: פֶּרַע — leader · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֶּרַע (6546), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: leader. BDB 1906: leader. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֶּרַע

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«פֶּרַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **leader** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6546 · **BDB:** פֶּ֫רַע

### Glosses

leaders (1); of.\[the\].leaders (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

leader [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6546/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

leader [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6546/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] leader (?);—pl. abs. בִּפְרֹעַ פְּרָעוֹת Ju 5:2 for the leading of the leaders (𝔊A Be Bu al., but uncertain; 𝔊B Symm, cf. WeIsr. u. Jüd. Gesch. (2), 97; Heid. (2), 123 al., for the loosing of locks \[ii. פֶּרַע\], in vow of war; on these and other views v. especially GFMad loc.; conj. also by LambertRÉJ xxiv. 140 GrimmeZMG 1 (1896), 572 CheJQ, July 1899, 561 \[reading ברכו\]); cstr. מֵרֹאשׁ פַּרְעוֹת אוֹיֵב Dt 32:42 from the head of leaders of the foe 𝔊 Di Steuern al.; Kn Ke Dr al. from the long-haired heads of the foe.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֶּרַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6546/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 5:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.2/)

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בִּפְרֹ֤עַ פְּרָעוֹת֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּהִתְנַדֵּ֖ב עָ֑ם בָּרֲכ֖וּ יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* when acted.as.leaders leaders in Israel when volunteers a.people bless Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* When men let grow their hair in Israel, when the people offer themselves willingly, bless ye the LORD.

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[Deuteronomy 32:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.42/)

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אַשְׁכִּ֤יר חִצַּי֙ מִדָּ֔ם וְחַרְבִּ֖י תֹּאכַ֣ל בָּשָׂ֑ר מִדַּ֤ם חָלָל֙ וְשִׁבְיָ֔ה מֵרֹ֖אשׁ פַּרְע֥וֹת אוֹיֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* I.will.make.drunk arrows my from blood and sword my it.will.devour flesh from.\[the\] blood of.\[the\].slain and.\[the\] captive\[s\] from.\[the\] chief of.\[the\].leaders of.\[the\].enemy

*JPS 1917:* I will make Mine arrows drunk with blood, and My sword shall devour flesh; with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the long-haired heads of the enemy.'

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