Lexical Definition

‎פָּרַר‎ pârar (paw-rar') to break ^H:V
a primitive root

[idiom] any ways, break (asunder), cast off, cause to cease, [idiom] clean, defeat, disannul, disappoint, dissolve, divide, make of none effect, fail, frustrate, bring (come) to nought, [idiom] utterly, make void.

• to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate

1) to break, frustrate
1a) (Hiphil)
1a1) to break, violate
1a2) to frustrate, make ineffectual
1b) (Hophal)
1b1) to be frustrated
1b2) to be broken
1b3) to break
1c) (Pilpel) to break to bits, shatter
2) to split, divide
2a) (Qal) to split, crack through
2b) (Poel) to break apart
2c) (Hithpoel) to be split, be cracked through

See Greek: αἴρω · ἀπορέω · ἀπορία · ἀποστρέφω · διαλλάσσω · ἐμμένω · κλῆρος · κραταιόω · μένω · παραβαίνω · περιαιρέω

Extended Information

• Also means: pur (‎פ‎ּ‎ו‎ּ‎ר‎ "to break" פּוּר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. [‎פָּרַר‎] verb split, divide (so Ps 74:13 seems to require [but √ ‎פור‎ SS is possible], compare Arabic split, tear, rend; perhaps = I.; > Buhl^Lex. shake, quike, citing Arabic shake Aramaic ‎אִתְפַּרְפַּר‎, , compare Late Hebrew ‎פִּרְפֵּר‎); —

Qal Infinitive absolute + Hithpo`el. Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎פּוֺר הִתְפּוֺרְרָה אֶרֶץ‎ Isa 24:19 split or cracked through is the earth (Che<sup>Heb.Hpt.</sup> ‎פרוק התפרקה‎). Po`êl Perfect 2 masculine singular ‎פּוֺרַרְתָּ‎ Ps 74:13 thou [‎׳‎‎י‎] didst divide the sea.

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