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

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«פָּרַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pierce** — 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:** lemma:פָּרַשׁ · **BDB:** פָּרַשׁ²

### Glosses

it.will.sting (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pierce [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e9_5c1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. pierce, sting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e9_5c1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. pierce, sting (?) (cf. Assyrian paruššu, staff (which pierces); Aramaic פרשׁא, ܦܪܳܫܳܐ (in Lexx) ox-goad);—Impf. 3 ms. יַפְרִשׁ Pr 23:32 (כְּצִפְעֹנִי, ‖ כְּנָחָשׁ יִשָּׁ֑ךְ), of wine.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e9_5c1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 23:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.32/)

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אַ֭חֲרִיתוֹ כְּנָחָ֣שׁ יִשָּׁ֑ךְ וּֽכְצִפְעֹנִ֥י יַפְרִֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* end its like a.snake it.will.bite and like a.viper it.will.sting

*JPS 1917:* At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like a basilisk.

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