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title: פָּרַר — split · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּרַר (lemma:פָּרַר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: split. BDB 1906: vb. split, divide Hithpōʿ. Pōʿ. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּרַר

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«פָּרַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **split** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:פָּרַר · **BDB:** פָּרַר²

### Glosses

he (1); it.has.been.split.through (1); utterly.(split) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

split [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. split, divide Hithpōʿ. Pōʿ. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. split, divide (so ψ 74:13 seems to require \[but √ פור SS is possible\], cf. Arabic فَرْفَرَ split, tear, rend; perhaps = I.; \> BuhlLex. shake, quake, citing Arabic فَرْفَرَ shake, Aramaic אִתְפַּרְפַּר, ܦܰܪܦܰܪ, cf. NH פִּרְפֵּר);— Inf. abs. + Hithpōʿ. Pf. 3 fs. פּוֹר הִתְפּוֹרְרָה אֶרֶץ Is 24:19 split or cracked through is the earth (CheHeb. Hpt.. פרוק התפרקה). Pōʿ. Pf. 2 ms. פּוֹרַרְתָּ ψ 74:13 thou \[י׳\] didst divide the sea.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּרַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 24:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.19/)

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רֹ֥עָה הִֽתְרֹעֲעָ֖ה הָאָ֑רֶץ פּ֤וֹר הִֽתְפּוֹרְרָה֙ אֶ֔רֶץ מ֥וֹט הִֽתְמוֹטְטָ֖ה אָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* utterly.(break) it.has.been.broken the earth utterly.(split) it.has.been.split.through \[the\].earth utterly.(shake) it.has.been.shaken \[the\].earth

*JPS 1917:* The earth is broken, broken down, the earth is crumbled in pieces, the earth trembleth and tottereth;

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[Psalms 74:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.13/)

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אַתָּ֤ה פוֹרַ֣רְתָּ בְעָזְּךָ֣ יָ֑ם שִׁבַּ֖רְתָּ רָאשֵׁ֥י תַ֝נִּינִ֗ים עַל־הַמָּֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* you you.divided by strength your \[the\].sea you.shattered \[the\].heads of.sea.monsters on the waters

*JPS 1917:* Thou didst break the sea in pieces by Thy strength; Thou didst shatter the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.

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