Lexical Definition

‎פָּרַח‎ pârach (paw-rakh') to sprout ^H:V
a primitive root

[idiom] abroad, [idiom] abundantly, blossom, break forth (out), bud, flourish, make fly, grow, spread, spring (up).

• to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom
• generally, to spread
• specifically, to fly (as extending the wings)
• figuratively, to flourish

1) to bud, sprout, shoot, bloom
1a) (Qal) to bud, sprout, send out shoots, blossom
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to cause to bud or sprout
1b2) to show buds or sprouts
2) (Qal) to break out (of leprosy)
3) (Qal) to fly

See Greek: ἀναθάλλω · ἀνατέλλω · βλαστάνω · ἐξανίστημι · ἵστημι · καρποφορέω

Extended Information

• (Qal) to break out (of leprosy)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎פָּרַח‎ verb bud, sprout, shoot (NT Hiph`il = Biblical Hebrew Hiph`il 2; Ecclus ‎פרח‎ Qal = flourish, Hiph`il causative, Eccl 49:10; Eccl 40:19 Arabic II. hatch, also sprout, young of bird (see ‎אֶפְרֹחַ‎ below), twig, sprout; Assyrian pir—u, noun sprout; — on meaning compare GFM^{JBL x (1891), 57}); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Ezek 7:10 +, etc; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִפְרַח‎ Hos 14:6* +, 3 feminine plural ‎תִּפְרַחְנָה‎ Isa 66:14, etc.; Infinitive absolute ‎פָּרֹחַ‎ Isa 35:2 construct ‎בִּפְרֹךְ‎ Ps 92:8* Participle feminine ‎פֹּרַ֫חַת‎ Gen 40:10 — bud, sprout, send out shoots, of vine Gen 40:10 (E), Hos 14:8* (simile), Song 6:11; Song 7:13* fig-tree Hab 3:17 (< ᵐ5 We Now ‎תִּפְרֶח‎); rods Num 17:20*; Num 17:23* metaphor of restored Israel Hos 14:6*; Isa 27:6, compare of bones Isa 66:14 (‎כַּדֶּשֶׁא‎); of righteous Ps 72:7; Ps 92:13*; Prov 11:28 of wicked (‎כְּמוֺ עֵשֶׂב‎) Ps 92:8* also of steppe (‎עֲרָבָה‎) Isa 35:1, ‎פָּרֹחַ תִּפְרַח‎ vIsa 35:2 figurative of judgment Hos 10:4 (‎כָּראֹשׁ‎; but on text see Now); of ‎זָדוֺן‎ (q. v. p. 268) Ezek 7:10. Hiph`il Perfect 1 singular ‎הִפְרַחְתִּי‎ Ezek 17:24 Imperfect ‎יַפְרִחַ‎ Job 14:9, etc.; —

1. cause to bud or sprout, with accusative ‎עֵץ‎ Ezek 17:24, ‎זֶרַע‎ Isa 17:11, both figurative

2. shew buds, sprouts, of tree Job 14:9 figurative of righteous Ps 92:14* = flourish, of ‎אֹהֶל יְשָׁרִים‎, Prov 14:11 (all Qal in ‎ִ֯‎ according to Ba^{ZMG xliii (1889), 180 f.}).

II. ‎פָּרַח‎ verb break out, of leprosy and like eruptions (in P) (usually taken as = I. ‎׳‎‎פ‎, but dubious; Late Hebrew id., also decay, ferment Vogelst^{Landwirthschaft 22}; Syriac spread, of leprosy, etc.; NS. leprous spots); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Lev 13:39 (of ‎בֹּהַקִ‎), ‎׳‎‎וּפ‎ consecutive Lev 14:43 (of ‎נֶגַע‎); of ‎צָרַעַת‎ 3 feminine singular ‎פָּרָ֑חָה‎ Lev 13:20; Lev 13:25, also Imperfect 3 feminine singular + Infinitive absolute ‎פָּרוֺחַ תִּפְרַח‎ vLev 13:12, and Participle feminine ‎פֹּרַחַת‎ see 42; of ‎שְׁחִין‎ Participle masculine ‎פֹּרֵחַ‎ Exod 9:9; Exod 9:10.

III. [‎פָּרַח‎] verb fly, Aramaism, si vera lectio (Late Hebrew id., especially fly away; Aramaic ‎פְּרַח‎, fly; insect, bird); —

Qal Participle feminine plural ‎לְפֹרְחוֺת‎ Ezek 13:20 (twice in verse) for (like ?) flying things, i. e. birds, but strike out ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Hi Siegf in v^a (where probably insert from v^b); Co Toy Berthol Krae in v^a; v^b.

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