Lexical Definition

‎פּוּר‎ pûwr (poor) to break ^H:V
a primitive root

break, bring to nought, [idiom] utterly take.

• to crush

1) (Hiphil) to break, crush

Extended Information

spelling of: פָּרַר

• Another spelling of pa.rar (‎פ‎ָּ‎ר‎ַ‎ר‎ "to break" פָּרַר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎פָּרַר‎] verb Hiph`il break, frustrate (Late Hebrew Pi`el crumble; Jewish-Aramaic ‎פְּרַר‎; Assyrian parâru, destroy; II. shatter; Lihyanian ‎והפרו‎ destroy, DHM^{Epigr. Denkm., No. 21, 7}); — Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הֵפֵר‎ Isa 33:8 +, ‎הֵפַ֑ר‎ Gen 17:14; Num 15:31 also metaplastic from ‎הֵפִיר‎ Ezek 17:19; Ps 33:10 (Ges^{«GKC:67v»§ 67v}); 2 masculine singular ‎וְהֵפַרְדָמתּ֫ה‎ 2Sam 15:34, etc., Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָפֵר‎ Num 30:13* +, ‎וַיָּפֶר‎ Neh 4:9*, etc.; also 1 singular ‎אָפִיר‎ Ps 89:34* (Ges^i.c.); Imperative masculine singular ‎הָפֵר‎ 2Chr 16:3; Ps 85:5*, ‎הָפֵרָה‎ 1Kgs 15:19 Infinitive absolute ‎הָפֵר‎ Prov 15:22 +; construct ‎לְהָפֵר‎ 2Sam 17:14 +, ‎לְהָפֵיר‎ Zech 11:10, suffix ‎לְהַפְרְכֶם‎ Lev 26:15 (Ges^{«GKC:67dd»§ 67dd}); Participle ‎מֵפֵר‎ Isa 44:25; Job 5:12 —

1. break, violate, especially with accusative ‎בְּרִית‎:
a. of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Judg 2:1; Jer 14:21; Lev 26:44; Zech 11:10.
b. of men violating covenant with ‎׳‎‎י‎ Jer 11:10; Jer 31:32; Deut 31:16; Deut 31:20; Lev 26:15; Ezek 44:7; Gen 17:14; Isa 24:5 compare Jer 33:20.
c. of men breaking compact, league (with men), Isa 33:8; 1Kgs 15:19 = 2Chr 16:3; Ezek 17:15; Ezek 17:16; Ezek 17:18; Ezek 17:19.
d. of destroying the ‎אַחֲוָה‎ between Judah and Israel Zech 11:14.
e. of breaking ‎׳‎‎י‎'s ‎מִצְוָה‎ Num 15:31; Ezra 9:14, ‎תּוֺרָה‎ Ps 119:126.

2. frustrate, make ineffectual::
a. counsel (‎עֵצָה‎) 2Sam 15:34; 2Sam 17:14; Ezra 4:5 ‎׳‎‎י‎ subject Neh 4:9*; Ps 33:10 of man frustrating ‎׳‎‎י‎'s counsel Isa 14:27, so, with accusative ‎מִשְׁפָּט‎ Job 40:8 with accusative ‎מַחֲשָׁבוֺת‎ in general, of men Prov 15:22, ‎׳‎‎י‎ subject Job 15:12 so, with accusative ‎אֹתוֺת‎ Isa 44:25.
b. make vow (‎נֶדֶר‎) ineffectual, annul it Num 30:9*; Num 30:14* (opposed to ‎חֵקִים‎), v.Num 30:13*, also (Imperfect + Infinitive absolute) v.Num 30:13*; Num 30:16*.
c. of annulling (godly) fear Job 15:4 ‎חַסְדִּי לֹא אָפִיר מֵעִמּוֺ‎, Ps 89:34* read probably ‎אָסִיר‎ Ol Che Bae and others; ‎הָפֵר כַּעַסְךָ‎ Ps 85:4* (read ‎הָסֵר‎ ᵐ5 Bi Che).
d. ‎וְתָפֵר הָאֲבֵיּוֺנָה‎ Eccl 12:5 is dubious: De Wild and others fails (to excite [? ‎וְתֻפַר‎ Hoph`al is made ineffectual]); Ew bursts (Siegf ‎וְתֻפַר‎); but caper-berry not dehiscent (Post<sup>Flora of Syr. 106 ff.</sup>); M'Lean-Dyer<sup>Ency. Bid. 696.</sup>): Post<sup>Letter, July 28, 1901</sup> breaks up (by shrivelling), figurative of failing sexual power; Aq from ‎פרה‎ bear fruit (compare GFM<sup>JBL x (1891), 60</sup>); Perles<sup>Anal. 30</sup> ‎וְתִפְרַח‎. Hoph`al Imperfect

1. be frustratred, 3 feminine singular ‎וְתֻפָ֑ר‎ Isa 8:10 (of ‎עֵצָה‎).

2. be broken, of covenant, 3 feminine singular ‎תֻּפַר‎ Jer 33:21 ‎וִתֻּפַר‎ Zech 11:11 so Isa 28:18 (read ‎וְתֻפַר‎ for ‎וְכֻפַּר‎, see ‎׳‎‎כ‎). Pilpel Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎וַיְפַרְפְּרֵנִי‎ Job 16:12 ***he hath shattered me. ***

II. [‎פָּרַר‎] verb split, divide (so Ps 74:13 seems to require [but √ ‎פור‎ SS is possible], compare Arabic split, tear, rend; perhaps = I.; > Buhl^Lex. shake, quike, citing Arabic shake Aramaic ‎אִתְפַּרְפַּר‎, , compare Late Hebrew ‎פִּרְפֵּר‎); —

Qal Infinitive absolute + Hithpo`el. Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎פּוֺר הִתְפּוֺרְרָה אֶרֶץ‎ Isa 24:19 split or cracked through is the earth (Che<sup>Heb.Hpt.</sup> ‎פרוק התפרקה‎). Po`êl Perfect 2 masculine singular ‎פּוֺרַרְתָּ‎ Ps 74:13 thou [‎׳‎‎י‎] didst divide the sea.

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