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STRONGS NUMBER H6566
Transliteration: paras
Phonetic Spelling: (paw-ras')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to spread out, spread
Meaning: to break apart, disperse
Word Summary
paras: to spread out, spread
Original Word: פָרַשׂTransliteration: paras
Phonetic Spelling: (paw-ras')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to spread out, spread
Meaning: to break apart, disperse
Strong's Concordance
break, chop in pieces, lay open, scatter, spread abroad, forth, selves, out, A primitive root; to break apart, disperse, etc. -- break, chop in pieces, lay open, scatter, spread (abroad, forth, selves, out), stretch (forth, out).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6566. paras
מָּרַשׂ verb spread out, spread (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic מְּרַס ᵑ7 (rare), Syriac ; compare Assyrian parašu, fly (derived species; properly spread [wings]); see also NöZA i. 417); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳פ Lamentations 1:10 +; 2 masculine singular וּפָרַשְׂתָּ֫ Job 11:13; Ruth 3:9, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִפְרשֹׁ Deuteronomy 32:11 +; 3 feminine singular וַתִּפְרשֹׁ 2 Samuel 17:19, etc.; Participle active מּוֺרֵשׂ Proverbs 29:5 etc.; passive מָּרֻשׂ Joel 2:2; feminine singular מְּרוּשָׂה Hosea 5:1 plural מְּרֻשׂוֺת 1 Kings 8:54; —
1 spread out a garment (שִׂמְלָה) Judges 8:25, + לִפְנֵי person Deuteronomy 22:17; — wings 32:11; 1 Kings 6:27 (read ᵐ5 כַּנְפֵיהֶם Sta Kmp Kit Benz), + עַל Jeremiah 49:22 (fig), + אֶל 48:40; 1 Kings 8:7 2 Chronicles 5:3 (עַל), + ל Job 39:26, לְמַעְלָה Exodus 25:20; 37:9; wings omitted 1 Chronicles 28:18 and perhaps 2 Chronicles 3:13 (strike out כַּנְפֵי Be); of ׳פ אוֺרוֺ עָלָיו ׳י, Job 36:30; spread out writing, לִפְנֵי Pers. 2 Kings 19:14 = Isaiah 37:14; Ezekiel 2:10; sail Isaiah 33:23; fishingnet, מִכְמֶרֶת 19:8 (עַל location); net (רֶשֶׁת) as snare, figurative Hosea 5:1 (עַל location), Psalm 140:6, לְרַגְלַי Lamentations 1:13, with עַל person Hosea 7:12 (of ׳י, Ezekiel 12:13 = 17:20; 19:8; 32:3, עַלעְֲָֿמָיו Proverbs 29:5; ׳פ כַּמַּיִם in prayer, + אַל Exodus 9:29, 33 (J), 1 Kings 8:38 2 Chronicles 6:29; Ezra 9:5; Job 11:13, +, ל Psalm 44:21, +, הַשָּׁמַיִם 1 Kings 8:22 2 Chronicles 6:13 (הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה), 1 Kings 8:54, no complem. 2 Chronicles 6:12; of almsgiving, לֶעָנִי מָּֽרְשָׂה כַּמָּהּ Proverbs 31:20; ׳פ יַד, with עַל of thing, Lamentations 1:10 of enemy's greed (si vera lectio, see Bu); spread out = display אִוֶּלֶת יִפְרשֹׁ וּכְסִיל Proverbs 13:16.
2 spread covering over 2 Samuel 17:19 (מָסָךְ + עַלמְּֿנֵי of thing), הַמַּכְבֵּר over (עַל) face of another 2 Kings 8:15, כָּנָף skirt, עַל person Ruth 3:9; Ezekiel 16:8 (figurative of ׳י); בֶּגֶּד with עַל of thing Numbers 4:7-8, :4:11, 13 with מִלְמָ֑עְלָה v6; כְּסוּי with עַל of thing 4:14; אֶתהָֿאֹהֶל, with עַלהַֿמִּשְׁכָּן Exodus 40:19; עַלהֶֿהָרִים מָּרֻשׂ שַׁחַר Joel 2:2; of לְמָסָךְ ׳פ עָנָן ׳י Psalm 105:39. — Micah 3:3; Lamentations 4:4 see מָּרַס.
Niph`al Imperfect3masculine plural יִכָר֑שׂוּ Ezekiel 17:21 they shall be scattered לְכָלרֿוּחַ; 34:12 read probably Participle נִפְרָשׂוֺת צאֹן for שׁוֺת-, Hä Krae; on emendation of context see especially Toy Krae).
Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular consecutive וּפֵרַשׂ Isaiah 25:11 etc. Imperfect3masculine singular יְפָרֵשׂ v11, 3feminine singular תְּפָרֵשׂ Jeremiah 4:31; Infinitive cstr מָּרֵשׂ Psalm 68:15, suffixמָּרִשְׂכֶם Isaiah 1:15; —
1 spread out:
a. with accusative כַּפַיִם in prayer Isaiah 1:15; Jeremiah 4:31 so with יָדַיִם Psalm 143:6 (׳אֶליֿ), and of ׳י entreating people Isaiah 65:2 (אֶל); ׳פ בְּיָדֶיהָ צִיֹון Lamentations 1:17.
b. spread out hands as in swimming Isaiah 25:11, and (יָדַיִם omitted) 25:11.
2 = scatter, (?) subject ׳י, with accusative of person Zechariah 2:10 (ᵐ5 We Now מִ֖ קִבַּצְתִּי, yet see GASm); Psalm 68:15, in doubtful connection.