Lexical Definition

‎פֶּרֶד‎ pered (peh'-red) mule ^H:N-M
from ‎פָּרַד‎

mule.

• a mule (perhaps from his lonely habits)

1) mule

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פֶּ֫רֶד‎ noun masculine^{2Sam 18:9} mule; — ‎׳‎‎פ‎ absolute 2Sam 18:9 (3 t. in verse) +, suffix ‎פִּרְדּוֺ‎ 2Sam 13:29 plural ‎פְּרָדִים‎ 1Kgs 10:25 +; ‎פִּרְדֵיהֶם‎ Ezra 2:66 = Neh 7:68* (van d. H.; Gi Baer in margin); — mule, ridden by princes 2Sam 13:29, in battle 2Sam 18:9 (3 t. in verse); compare (later, + horses, etc.) Zech 14:15; Isa 66:20 royal gift 1Kgs 10:25 = 2Chr 9:24 royal property 1Kgs 18:5 in trade of Tyre Ezek 27:14 beast of burden, ‎מַשָּׂא‎ ‎צֶמֶד פְּרָדִים‎ 2Kgs 5:17 the load of a pair of mules, of earth, 1Chr 12:40* property of returning exiles Ezra 2:66 = Neh 7:68* as refractory Ps 32:9 (in simile).

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