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title: פַּרְעֹשׁ — Parosh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פַּרְעֹשׁ (6551), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Parosh. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פַּרְעֹשׁ

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«פַּרְעֹשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Parosh** — 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:** 6551 · **BDB:** פַּרְעֹשׁ²

### Glosses

of.Parosh (5); Parosh (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Parosh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6551/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6551/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Φορος, Φαρες, etc. (flea; cf. GrayProp. N. 94);— head of post-ex.. family Ezr 2:3 = Ne 7:8; Ezr 8:3; 10:25; Ne 3:25. Ne 10:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פַּרְעֹשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6551/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.3/)

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בְּנֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔שׁ אַלְפַּ֕יִם מֵאָ֖ה שִׁבְעִ֥ים וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Parosh two.thousand one.hundred seventy and two

*JPS 1917:* The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two.

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[Nehemiah 7:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.8/)

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בְּנֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔שׁ אַלְפַּ֕יִם מֵאָ֖ה וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Parosh two.thousand one.hundred and seventy and two

*JPS 1917:* The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred and seventy and two.

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