King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6561
Transliteration: paraq
Phonetic Spelling: (paw-rak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to tear apart or away
Meaning: to break off, crunch, to deliver
Word Summary
paraq: to tear apart or away
Original Word: פָרַקTransliteration: paraq
Phonetic Spelling: (paw-rak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to tear apart or away
Meaning: to break off, crunch, to deliver
Strong's Concordance
break off, deliver, redeem, rend in pieces, tear in pieces A primitive root; to break off or crunch; figuratively, to deliver -- break (off), deliver, redeem, rend (in pieces), tear in pieces.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6561. paraq
[מָּרַק] verb tear apart, away (Late Hebrew remove (load, etc.), Pi`el separate, take to pieces; Arabic split, divide;; מְּרַק ᵑ7 especially redeem, rescue; Syriac withdraw (intransitive), also remove, rescue; Ethiopic : set free); —
Qal Perfect2masculine singular וּפָרַקְדָמתּ֫ Genesis 27:40; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix וַיִּפְרְקֵנזּ Psalm 136:24; Participle active מֹּרֵק Lamentations 5:8; Psalm 7:3 tear away yoke from pff (מֵעַל neck Genesis 27:40 (J); snatck from (מִן) foes, = rescue (Aramaic) Lamentations 5:8; Psalm 136:24; so absolute 7:3 (prefixing ᵑ6 ᵑ7 (וְ)אֵין, Che Du We), > Hup Bae and others snatch away as prey.
Pi`el Imperfect3masculine singular יְפָרֵק Zechariah 11:16 he shall tear off their hoofs; Imperative masculine plural מָּֽרְקוּ Exodus 32:2 (E) tear off the golden ear-tings; Participle מְפָרֵק 1 Kings 19:11 a great wind rending mountains ("" מְשַׁבֵּר).
Hithpa`el tear off (for, i.e. from, oneself Ges§ 54f); Imperfect3masculine plural וַיִּתְמָּֽרְקוּ Exodus 32:3 (E), with accusative הַזָּהָב אֶתנִֿזְמֵי; Imperative masculine plural הִתְמָּרָ֑קוּ 32:24 (E; object omitted); passive be broken off, Perfect3plural הִתְמָּֽרְקוּ Ezekiel 19:12 (branches).