Lexical Definition

‎פֶּרַע‎ peraʻ (peh'-rah) lock ^H:N-M
from ‎פָּרַע‎

locks.

• the hair (as dishevelled)

1) hair, long hair (of head), locks
2) leader

See Greek: ἀρχηγός · ἄρχων · κόμη

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎פֶּ֫רַע‎ noun [masculine] leader (?); — plural absolute ‎בִּפְרֹעַ‎ ‎פְּרָעוֺת‎ Judg 5:2 for the leading of the leaders (ᵐ5^A Be Bu and others, but uncertain; ᵐ5^B Symm, compare We^{Israel u. Jüd. Geschichte. (2), 97; Held.(2). 123 and elsewhere}, for the loosing of locks [II. ‎פֶּרַע‎], in vow of war; on these and other views see especially GFM^{on the passage}; conjectures also by Lambert^{RÉJ xxiv. 140} Grimme^{ZMG 1(1896), 572} Che^{JQ July 1899, 561} [reading ‎ברכו‎]); construct ‎מֵראֹשׁ פַּרְעוֺת אוֺיֵב‎ Deut 32:42 from the head of leaders of the foe ᵐ5 Di Steuern and others; Kn Ke Dr and others from the long-haired heads of the foe.

II. ‎פֶּ֫רַע‎ noun [masculine] long hair of head, locks; — ‎׳‎‎פ‎ absolute Ezek 44:20 construct ‎שְׂעַר ראֹשׁוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Num 6:5 (P). — Judg 5:2; Deut 32:42, see I. ‎פֶּרַע‎ above

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