Lexical Definition

‎פְּרַס‎ pᵉraç (per-as') to divide ^A:V
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎פָּרַס‎

divide, (U-) pharsin.

• to split up

v
1) (P'al) to break in two, divide
n m
2) half-mina, half-shekel
2a) a unit of measure and weight

See Greek: διαιρέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎פְּרַס‎] verb break in two (see Biblical Hebrew ‎פרס‎); —

Peîl (W^CG224) Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎פְּרִיסַת מַלְכוּתָח‎ Dan 5:28.

Also see: מְנֵא

‎פְּרֵס‎ (read ‎פְּרָס‎ ? M^{78 * f.}) probably noun [masculine] half-mina (Late Hebrew ‎פְּרָס‎, Old Aramaic ‎פרס‎, ‎פרש‎ Lzb³⁵⁴ SAC⁹⁹ Cooke^{176, 406}; see ‎מְנֵא‎ and references); — absolute ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Dan 5:28 plural ‎(וּ)פַרְסִין‎ [read ‎פְּרָסִין‎ ? see M^l.c.] vDan 5:25.

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