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title: פַּרְפַּר — Pharpar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פַּרְפַּר (6554), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Pharpar. BDB 1906: n.pr.flum. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פַּרְפַּר

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«פַּרְפַּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Pharpar** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6554 · **BDB:** פַּרְפַּר

### Glosses

Pharpar (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Pharpar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6554/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.flum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6554/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.flum. near Damascus 2 K 5:12, (Α)φαρφαρ; A Φαρφαρα; perhaps mod. ʿAwaj, S. of Damascus RobBR iii. 447 f..

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פַּרְפַּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6554/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 5:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.5.12/)

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הֲלֹ֡א טוֹב֩ אֲמָנָ֨ה וּפַרְפַּ֜ר נַהֲר֣וֹת דַּמֶּ֗שֶׂק מִכֹּל֙ מֵימֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הֲלֹֽא־אֶרְחַ֥ץ בָּהֶ֖ם וְטָהָ֑רְתִּי וַיִּ֖פֶן וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ בְּחֵמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* ? not good \[are\].Amana and Pharpar the.rivers of.Damascus more than.all the.waters of.Israel ? not will.I.wash in them and I.will.be.clean and he.turned and he.went in a.rage

*JPS 1917:* Are not Amanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean?' So he turned, and went away in a rage.

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