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title: פָּרַשׁ — make distinct · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּרַשׁ (6567), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: make distinct. BDB 1906: vb. make distinct, declare. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּרַשׁ

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«פָּרַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **make distinct** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6567 · **BDB:** פָּרַשׁ

### Glosses

decide (1); it.had.been.decided (1); making.clear (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

make distinct [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6567/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. make distinct, declare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6567/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. make distinct, declare (NH separate oneself, Pi. separate, explain, so Aramaic פְּרַשׁ, especially Pa.; Syriac ܦܪܰܫ separate, distinguish, explain, cf. Mand., NöM 221);— Inf. cstr. לִפְרשׁ לָהֶם עַל־פִּי י׳ Lv 24:12 (P) to declare distinctly to them. Pt. נִפְרָשׁוֹת Ez 34:12 read prob. -שׂוֹת, v. פרשׂ. Pf. 3 ms. פֹּרַשׁ Nu 15:34 (P) what should be done to him had not been distinctly declared; Pt. מְפֹרָשׁ Ne 8:8 made distinct (cf. Biblical Aramaic Ezr 4:18), v. BeRy KöEinl. 99, \> interpreted, Ke al., BerlinerT. Onk.ii. 74.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּרַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6567/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 24:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.24.12/)

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וַיַּנִּיחֻ֖הוּ בַּמִּשְׁמָ֑ר לִפְרֹ֥שׁ לָהֶ֖ם עַל־פִּ֥י יְהוָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and they placed.him in (the) custody to decide (for themselves on the.mouth of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of the LORD.

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[Numbers 15:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.34/)

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וַיַּנִּ֥יחוּ אֹת֖וֹ בַּמִּשְׁמָ֑ר כִּ֚י לֹ֣א פֹרַ֔שׁ מַה־יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה לֽוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* and they.left him in (the) custody (dm) not it.had.been.decided what? will.it.be.done to him

*JPS 1917:* And they put him in ward, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.

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