Lexical Definition

‎פָּרַק‎ pâraq (paw-rak') to tear ^H:V
a primitive root

break (off), deliver, redeem, rend (in pieces), tear in pieces.

• to break off or crunch
• figuratively, to deliver

1) to tear apart or away, tear off, break away
1a) (Qal) to tear away, snatch, rescue
1b) (Piel) to tear off
1c) (Hithpael) to tear off from oneself, be broken off, be broken in pieces

See Greek: διαλύω · ἐκλύω · ἐκστρέφω · λυτρόω · περιαιρέω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: pe.raq (‎פ‎ְּ‎ר‎ַ‎ק‎ "to break" פְּרַק)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎פָּרַק‎] verb tear apart, away (Late Hebrew remove (load, etc.), Pi`el separate, take to pieces; Arabic split, divide;; ᵑ7 ‎פְּרַק‎ especially redeem, rescue; Syriac withdraw (intransitive), also remove, rescue; Ethiopic : set free); —

Qal Perfect 2 masculine singular ‎וּפָרַקְדָמתּ֫‎ Gen 27:40 Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎וַיִּפְרְקֵנזּ‎ Ps 136:24 Participle active ‎פֹּרֵק‎ Lam 5:8; Ps 7:3* tear away yoke from pff (‎מֵעַל‎ neck Gen 27:40 (J); snatck from (‎מִן‎) foes, = rescue (Aramaic) Lam 5:8; Ps 136:24 so absolute Ps 7:3* (prefixing ‎(וְ)אֵין‎, ᵑ7 ᵑ6 Che Du We), > Hup Bae and others snatch away as prey. Pi`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יְפָרֵק‎ Zech 11:16 he shall tear off their hoofs; Imperative masculine plural ‎פָּֽרְקוּ‎ Exod 32:2 (E) tear off the golden ear-tings; Participle ‎מְפָרֵק‎ 1Kgs 19:11 a great wind rending mountains (|| ‎מְשַׁבֵּר‎). Hithpa`el tear off (for, i.e. from, oneself Ges^{«GKC:54f»§ 54f}); Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎וַיִּתְפָּֽרְקוּ‎ Exod 32:3 (E), with accusative ‎אֶתנִֿזְמֵי הַזָּהָב‎; Imperative masculine plural ‎הִתְפָּרָ֑קוּ‎ vExod 32:24 (E; object omitted); passive be broken off, Perfect 3 plural ‎הִתְפָּֽרְקוּ‎ Ezek 19:12 (branches).

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