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title: פָּרַח — fly · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּרַח (lemma:פָּרַח), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: fly. BDB 1906: vb. fly. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּרַח

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«פָּרַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fly** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:פָּרַח · **BDB:** פָּרַח³

### Glosses

birds (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5d7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. fly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5d7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. fly, Aramaism, si vera l. (NH id., especially fly away; Aramaic פְרַח, ܦܪܰܚ fly; ܦܳܪܰܚܬܳܐ insect, bird);— Pt. fpl. לְפֹרְחוֹת Ez 13:20(×2) for (like?) flying things, i.e. birds, but del. 𝔊 𝔖 Hi Siegf in v a (where prob. ins. from v b); Co Toy Berthol Krae in v a, b.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּרַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 13:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.20/)

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לָכֵ֞ן כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה הִנְנִ֤י אֶל־כִּסְּתוֹתֵיכֶ֙נָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַ֠תֵּנָה מְצֹדְד֨וֹת שָׁ֤ם אֶת־הַנְּפָשׁוֹת֙ לְפֹ֣רְח֔וֹת וְקָרַעְתִּ֣י אֹתָ֔ם מֵעַ֖ל זְרוֹעֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי֙ אֶת־הַנְּפָשׁ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֛ם מְצֹדְד֥וֹת אֶת־נְפָשִׁ֖ים לְפֹרְחֹֽת׃

*Word for word:* therefore thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh here I \[am\].against bands your which you \[are\].hunting there (et) the persons for birds and I.will.tear.away them from on arms your and I.will.set.free (et) the persons whom you \[are\].hunting (et) persons for birds

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against your cushions, wherewith ye hunt the souls as birds, and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt as birds.

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