Lexical Definition

‎פָּרַשׂ‎ pâras (paw-ras') to spread ^H:V
a primitive root

break, chop in pieces, lay open, scatter, spread (abroad, forth, selves, out), stretch (forth, out).

• to break apart, disperse, etc.

1) to spread, spread out, stretch, break in pieces
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to spread out, display
1a2) to spread over
1b) (Niphal) to be scattered, be spread out
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to spread out
1c1) to scatter

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פָּרַשׂ‎ verb spread out, spread (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic ᵑ7 ‎פְּרַס‎ (rare), Syriac ; compare Assyrian parašu, fly (derived species; properly spread [wings]); see also Nö^{ZA i. 417}); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Lam 1:10 +; 2 masculine singular ‎וּפָרַשְׂתָּ֫‎ Job 11:13; Ruth 3:9, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִפְרשֹׁ‎ Deut 32:11 +; 3 feminine singular ‎וַתִּפְרשֹׁ‎ 2Sam 17:19, etc.; Participle active ‎פּוֺרֵשׂ‎ Prov 29:5 etc.; passive ‎פָּרֻשׂ‎ Joel 2:2 feminine singular ‎פְּרוּשָׂה‎ Hos 5:1 plural ‎פְּרֻשׂוֺת‎ 1Kgs 8:54 —

1. spread out a garment (‎שִׂמְלָה‎) Judg 8:25, + ‎לִפְנֵי‎ person Deut 22:17 — wings Deut 32:11; 1Kgs 6:27 (read ‎כַּנְפֵיהֶם‎ ᵐ5 Sta Kmp Kit Benz), + ‎עַל‎ Jer 49:22 (fig), + ‎אֶל‎ Jer 48:40; 1Kgs 8:7 = 2Chr 5:3 (‎עַל‎), + ‎ל‎ Job 39:26, ‎לְמַעְלָה‎ Exod 25:20; Exod 37:9 wings omitted 1Chr 28:18 and perhaps 2Chr 3:13 (strike out ‎כַּנְפֵי‎ Be); of ‎׳‎‎י‎, ‎עָלָיו אוֺרוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Job 36:30 spread out writing, ‎לִפְנֵי‎ Pers. 2Kgs 19:14 = Isa 37:14; Ezek 2:10 sail Isa 33:23 fishingnet, ‎מִכְמֶרֶת‎ Isa 19:8 (‎עַל‎ location); net (‎רֶשֶׁת‎) as snare, figurative Hos 5:1 (‎עַל‎ location), Ps 140:6*, ‎לְרַגְלַי‎ Lam 1:13, with ‎עַל‎ person Hos 7:12 (of ‎׳‎‎י‎, Ezek 12:13 = Ezek 17:20; Ezek 19:8; Ezek 32:3, ‎עַלעְֲָֿמָיו‎ Prov 29:5 ‎כַּפַּיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ in prayer, + ‎אַל‎ Exod 9:29; Exod 9:33 (J), 1Kgs 8:38 = 2Chr 6:29; Ezra 9:5; Job 11:13, +, ‎ל‎ Ps 44:21*, +, ‎הַשָּׁמַיִם‎ 1Kgs 8:22 = 2Chr 6:13 (‎הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה‎), 1Kgs 8:54, no complem. 2Chr 6:12 of almsgiving, ‎כַּפָּהּ פָּֽרְשָׂה לֶעָנִי‎ Prov 31:20 ‎יַד‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎, with ‎עַל‎ of thing, Lam 1:10 of enemy's greed (si vera lectio, see Bu); spread out = display ‎וּכְסִיל‎ ‎יִפְרשֹׁ אִוֶּלֶת‎ Prov 13:16.

2. spread covering over 2Sam 17:19 (‎מָסָךְ‎ + ‎עַלפְּֿנֵי‎ of thing), ‎הַמַּכְבֵּר‎ over (‎עַל‎) face of another 2Kgs 8:15, ‎כָּנָף‎ skirt, ‎עַל‎ person Ruth 3:9; Ezek 16:8 (figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎); ‎בֶּגֶּד‎ with ‎עַל‎ of thing Num 4:7; Num 4:8 :Num 4:11; Num 4:13 with ‎מִלְמָ֑עְלָה‎ v6; ‎כְּסוּי‎ with ‎עַל‎ of thing vNum 4:14 ‎אֶתהָֿאֹהֶל‎, with ‎עַלהַֿמִּשְׁכָּן‎ Exod 40:19 ‎שַׁחַר פָּרֻשׂ עַלהֶֿהָרִים‎ Joel 2:2 of ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎עָנָן‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ ‎לְמָסָךְ‎ Ps 105:39. — Mic 3:3; Lam 4:4 see ‎פָּרַס‎. Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יִכָר֑שׂוּ‎ Ezek 17:21 they shall be scattered ‎לְכָלרֿוּחַ‎; Ezek 34:12 read probably Participle ‎צאֹן נִפְרָשׂוֺת‎ for ‎שׁוֺת‎-, Hä Krae; on emendation of context see especially Toy Krae). Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive ‎וּפֵרַשׂ‎ Isa 25:11 etc. Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יְפָרֵשׂ‎ v11, 3 feminine singular ‎תְּפָרֵשׂ‎ Jer 4:31 Infinitive cstr ‎פָּרֵשׂ‎ Ps 68:15*, suffix‎פָּרִשְׂכֶם‎ Isa 1:15 —

1. spread out:
a. with accusative ‎כַּפַיִם‎ in prayer Isa 1:15; Jer 4:31 so with ‎יָדַיִם‎ Ps 143:6 (‎׳‎‎אֶליֿ‎), and of ‎׳‎‎י‎ entreating people Isa 65:2 (‎אֶל‎); ‎צִיוֹן בְּיָדֶיהָ‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Lam 1:17.
b. spread out hands as in swimming Isa 25:11, and (‎יָדַיִם‎ omitted) vIsa 25:11.

2. = scatter, (?) subject ‎׳‎‎י‎, with accusative of person Zech 2:10* (ᵐ5 We Now ‎קִבַּצְתִּי מִ֖‎, yet see GASm); Ps 68:15*, in doubtful connection.

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