Lexical Definition

‎פָּרָשׁ‎ pârâsh (paw-rash') to declare ^H:V
a primitive root

scatter, declare, distinctly, shew, sting.

• to separate, literally (to disperse) or figuratively (to specify)
• also (by implication) to wound

1) to make distinct, declare, distinguish, separate
1a) (Qal) to declare, clarify
1b) (Pual) to be distinctly declared
2) (Hiphil) to pierce, sting
3) (Niphal) scatter

See Greek: διακρίνω · διαχωρίζομαι · διδάσκω · ἰός · Φαρισαῖος

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: pe.rash (‎פ‎ְּ‎ר‎ַ‎ש‎ׁ "to make clear" פְּרַשׁ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: פְּרַשׁ
I. [‎פָּרַשׁ‎] verb make distinct, declare (Late Hebrew seperate oneself, Pi`el separate, explain, so Aramaic ‎פְּרַשׁ‎ especially Pa`el; Syriac separate, distinguish, explain, compare Mandean, Nö^{M 221}); —

Qal Infinitive construct ‎׳‎‎לִפְרשׁ לָהֶם עַלפִּֿי י‎ Lev 24:12 (P) to declare distinctly to them. Niph`al Participle ‎נִפְרָשׁוֺת‎ Ezek 34:12 read probably ‎שׂוֺת‎-, see ‎פרשׂ‎. Pu`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎פֹּרַשׁ‎ Num 15:34 (P) what should be done to him had not been distinctly declared; Participle ‎מְפֹרָשׁ‎ Neh 8:8 made distinct (compare B Aram Ezra 4:18), see BeRy Kö^{Einl. 99, >} interpreted, Ke and others, Berliner^{T. Onk ii.74}.

II. [‎פָּרַשׁ‎] verb Hiph`il pierce, sting (?) (compare Assyrian paruššu, staff (which pierces); Aramaic ‎פרשׁא‎, (in Lexicons) ox-goad); — Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַפְרִשׁ‎ Prov 23:32 (‎כְּצִפְעֹנִי‎, || ‎כְּנָחָשׁ יִשָׁ֑ךְ‎), of wine.

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