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title: פֶּרֶק — rapine · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֶּרֶק (6563), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: rapine. BDB 1906: parting of ways plunder. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֶּרֶק

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«פֶּרֶק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rapine** — 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:** 6563 · **BDB:** פֶּ֫רֶק

### Glosses

of.ways (1); plunder (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rapine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6563/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

parting of ways plunder [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6563/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] parting of ways, Ob 14. plunder (as snatched away), Na 3:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֶּרֶק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6563/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nahum 3:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.3.1/)

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ה֖וֹי עִ֣יר דָּמִ֑ים כֻּלָּ֗הּ כַּ֤חַשׁ פֶּ֙רֶק֙ מְלֵאָ֔ה לֹ֥א יָמִ֖ישׁ טָֽרֶף׃

*Word for word:* woe.to! \[the\].city of.blood(s) of.it all lying plunder \[is\].full not it.will.depart prey

*JPS 1917:* Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.

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[Obadiah 1:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/OBA.1.14/)

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וְאַֽל־תַּעֲמֹד֙ עַל־הַפֶּ֔רֶק לְהַכְרִ֖ית אֶת־פְּלִיטָ֑יו וְאַל־תַּסְגֵּ֥ר שְׂרִידָ֖יו בְּי֥וֹם צָרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and do.not stand at the.parting of.ways to cut.off (et) fugitives his and do.not deliver.up survivors his on.\[the\] day of.trouble

*JPS 1917:* Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.

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