Lexical Definition

‎פָּרָשׁ‎ pârâsh (paw-rawsh') horse ^H:N-M
from ‎פָּרָשׁ‎; (compare ‎סוּס‎)

horseman.

• a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting )
• also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry

1) horse, steed, warhorse
2) horseman

See Greek: ἱππεύς · ἵππος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. [‎פָּרָשׁ‎] noun [masculine] horse, steed (less common synonym of ‎סוּס‎ ( > explained away by Schw^{ZAW viii (1888). 191}); Arabic horse, mare (often), so Ethiopic : compare Sabean ‎פרס‎ horse, Mordtm^{Him. Inschr. 70}); — Plural ‎פָּרָשִׁים‎ (erroneous for * ‎פְּרָשִׁים‎ Kö^{ii. 1, 89}) Ezek 27:14 +, suffix ‎פָּרָשָׁיו‎ Isa 28:28; 1Sam 8:11 — steeds Ezek 27:14 ( + ‎סוּסִים‎, ‎פְּרָדִים‎), from Togarmah; simile of swiftness Joel 2:4 (|| ‎סוּסִים‎); probably also Isa 28:28; Jer 46:4 (|| ‎סוּסִים‎, compare Gf Gie), and perhaps ‎׳‎‎וְשָׂם לוֺ בְּמֶרְכַבְחוֺ וּבָעָרָשָׁיו וְרָצוּ וגו‎ 1Sam 8:11 (king subject).

II. ‎פָּרָשׁ‎ noun masculine^{Nah 3:3} horseman (i.e. * parrâš, compare Ges^{«GKC:84b»§ 84 b.b}; Arabic ; Ethiopic : Aramaic ‎פָּרָשׁ‎ ); — absolute ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Nah 3:3; Jer 4:29, also ‎פָּרַשׁ‎ Ezek 26:10 (as if construct Kö^{Synt. § 337 s}); Plural ‎פָּרָשָׁים‎ Gen 50:9 +; suffix ‎פָּרָשָׁיו‎ Exod 14:9 +; — horseman, usually plural, especially + ‎רֶכֶב‎ charioty: Egyptain Gen 50:9 (J), Josh 24:6 (E), Exod 14:9; Exod 14:17; Exod 14:18; Exod 17:23; Exod 14:26; Exod 14:28 (all P), Exod 15:19 (song), Isa 31:1; 2Kgs 18:34 = Isa 36:9; 2Chr 12:3 compare 2Chr 16:8 Philistine 1Sam 13:5; 2Sam 1:6 (strike out ‎בַּעֲלֵי‎ ᵑ7 We Dr Bu HPS); Aramaean 2Sam 10:18 (but read probably ‎אִישׁ‎, compare || 1Chr 19:18, We Dr and others), and (+ ‎אִישׁ רַגְלִי‎) 2Sam 8:4 = 1Chr 18:4, compare 1Chr 19:6 also ‎עַלסֿוּס וּפָרָשִׁים‎ 1Kgs 20:20 (si vera lectio) Israel, of Adonijah 1Kgs 1:5 (+ ‎רֶכֶב‎ ‎חֲמִשִּׁים אִישׁ רָצִים‎; Solomon + ‎רֶכֶב‎ 1Kgs 9:19; 1Kgs 9:22; 1Kgs 10:26 = 2Chr 8:6; 2Chr 8:9; 2Chr 1:14 (twice in verse), Prob also 1Kgs 5:6* ( + ‎סוּסִים לְמֶרְכָּבוֺ‎) = 2Chr 9:25 (+ ‎סוּסִים‎ ‎וּמֶרְכָּכוֺת‎); Jehoahaz 2Kgs 13:7 (+ ‎רַגְלִי‎); + ‎רֶכֶב‎, figurative of Elijah 2Kgs 2:12, of Elisha 2Kgs 13:14 + ‎סוּסִים‎ Hos 1:7 Assyrian Isa 22:6; Isa 22:7 (+ ‎רֶכֶב‎), compare Nah 3:3, ‎רִכְבֵי סוּסִים‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Ezek 23:6; Ezek 23:12 Babylonian Hab 1:8 (twice in verse); Jer 4:29 (+ ‎רֹמֵה קֶשֶׁת‎), Ezek 26:7 (+ ‎סוּס‎), ‎רֶכֶב‎), vEzek 26:10 (+ ‎גַּלְגַּל וָרֶכֶב‎), Scythian (Gog) Ezek 38:4 (+ ‎סוּסִים‎); Persian Isa 21:7; Isa 21:9 (‎׳‎‎צֶמֶד פ‎), Neh 2:9; Ezra 8:22 of kings of north Dan 11:40 (+ ‎רֶכֶב‎).

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