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I. 
פָּרַח verb bud, sprout, shoot (NT Hiph. = Biblical Hebrew 
Hiph. 2; Ecclus 
פרח Qal = 
flourish, 
Hiph. causative, Ecclesiasticus 49:10; Ecclesiasticus 40:19; Arabic 

 II. 
hatch, also 
sprout, 
 young
 young of bird (see 
אֶפְרֹחַ below), 
twig, sprout; Assyrian 
pirḫu, noun 
sprout; — on meaning compare GFM
JBL x (1891), 57); — 
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular פ׳ Ezekiel 7:10 +, etc; 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִפְרַח Hosea 14:6 +, 
3rd person feminine plural תִּפְרַחְנָה Isaiah 66:14, etc.; 
Infinitive absolute פָּרֹחַ Isaiah 35:2; construct 
בִּפְרֹךְ Psalm 92:8; 
Participle feminine 
פֹּרַ֫חַת Genesis 40:10; — 
bud, sprout, send out shoots, of vine 
Genesis 40:10 (E), 
Hosea 14:8 (simile), 
Songs 6:11; 
Songs 7:13; fig-tree 
Habakkuk 3:17 (< 

 We Now 
תִּפְרֶח); rods Numbers 17:20; Numbers 17:23; metaphor of restored Israel 
Hosea 14:6; 
Isaiah 27:6, compare of bones 
Isaiah 66:14 (
כַּדֶּשֶׁא); of righteous 
Psalm 72:7; 
Psalm 92:13; 
Proverbs 11:28; of wicked (
כְּמוֺ עֵשֶׂב) 
Psalm 92:8; also of steppe (
עֲרָבָה) 
Isaiah 35:1, 
תִּפְרַח פָּרֹחַ Isaiah 35:2; figurative of judgment 
Hosea 10:4 (
כָּראֹשׁ; but on text see Now); of 
זָדוֺן (which see 
H2087) 
Ezekiel 7:10. 
Hiph. Perfect 1st person singular הִפְרַחְתִּי Ezekiel 17:24; 
Imperfect יַפְרִחַ Job 14:9, etc.; — 
    2. shew buds, sprouts, of tree 
Job 14:9; figurative of righteous 
Psalm 92:14; = flourish, of 
אֹהֶל יְשָׁרִים, 
Proverbs 14:11 (all 
Qal in 
ִ֯ according to Ba
ZMG xliii (1889), 180 f.).
 
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II. 
פָּרח verb break out, of leprosy and like eruptions (in P) (usually taken as = I. 
פ׳, but dubious; Late Hebrew 
id., also 
decay, ferment Vogelst
Landwirthschaft 22; Syriac 
 spread
 spread, of leprosy, etc.; NS. 
 leprous spots
 leprous spots); — 
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular פ׳ Leviticus 13:39 (of 
בֹּהַקִ), 
וּפ׳ consecutive 
Leviticus 14:43 (of 
נֶגַע); of 
צָרַעַת 3rd person feminine singular פָּרָ֑חָה Leviticus 13:20, 
25, also 
Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular + 
Infinitive absolute תִּפְרַח פָּרוֹחַ Leviticus 13:12, and 
Participle feminine 
פֹּרַחַת see 
Leviticus 13:42; of 
שְׁחִין Participle masculine 
פֹּרֵחַ Exodus 9:9, 
10. 
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III. [
פָּרַח] 
verb fly, Aramaism, si vera lectio (Late Hebrew 
id., especially 
fly away; Aramaic 
פְּרַח, 
 fly
 fly; 
 insect, bird
 insect, bird); — 
Qal Participle feminine plural 
לְפֹרְחוֺת Ezekiel 13:20 (twice in verse) 
for (like ?) 
flying things, i.e. birds, but strike out 
 
 
 Hi Siegf in 
Ezekiel 13:20a (where probably insert from 
Ezekiel 13:20b); Co Toy Berthol Krae in 
Ezekiel 13:20a; 
Ezekiel 13:20b.
														
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