Lexical Definition

‎פֶּרֶךְ‎ perek (peh'-rek) severity ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to break apart

cruelty, rigour.

• fracture, i.e. severity

1) harshness, severity, cruelty

See Greek: βία · μόχθος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פֶּ֫רֶךְ‎ noun [masculine] harshness, severity; — in phrase ‎׳‎‎בְּפ‎ Lev 25:33, ‎בְּפָ֑רֶךְ‎ vLev 25:43 vLev 25:46 (H P), Ezek 34:4 (all with ‎רדה‎ rule harshly); Exod 1:13 (with ‎וַיַּעֲבִדוּ‎), vExod 1:14 (with ‎עֲכֹדָה‎; both P).

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