† I. [
פָּרַר]
verb
Hiph. break, frustrate (Late Hebrew Pi.
crumble; Jewish-Aramaic
פְּרַר ; Assyrian
parâru,
destroy; II.
shatter; Liḥyanian
והפרו destroy, DHM
Epigr. Denkm., No. 21, 7); —
Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵפֵר Isaiah 33:8 +,
הֵפַ֑ר Genesis 17:14;
Numbers 15:31; also metaplastic from [
H6331 הֵפִיר Ezekiel 17:19;
Psalm 33:10 (Ges
§ 67 v)];
2nd person masculine singular וְהֵפַרְדָמתּ֫ה 2 Samuel 15:34, etc.,
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָפֵר Numbers 30:13 [
Numbers 30:12] +,
וַיָּפֶר Nehemiah 4:9 [
Nehemiah 4:15], etc.; also
1st person singular [
H6331 אָפִיר Psalm 89:34 [Psalm 89:33]] (Ges
i. c.);
Imperative masculine singular
הָפֵר 2 Chronicles 16:3;
Psalm 85:5 [
Psalm 85:4],
הָפֵרָה 1 Kings 15:19;
Infinitive absolute
הָפֵר Proverbs 15:22 +; construct
לְהָפֵר 2 Samuel 17:14 +,
לְהָפֵיר Zechariah 11:10, suffix
לְהַפְרְכֶם Leviticus 26:15 (Ges
§ 67 dd);
Participle מֵפֵר Isaiah 44:25;
Job 5:12; —
1. break, violate, especially with accusative בְּרִית:
2. frustrate, make ineffectual::
c. of annulling (godly) fear
Job 15:4 [
H6331 חַסְדִּי לֹא אָפִיר מֵעִמּוֺ,
Psalm 89:34 [Psalm 89:33]] read probably
אָסִיר Ol Che Bae and others;
הָפֵר כַּעַסְךָ Psalm 85:4 [Psalm 85:3] (read
הָסֵר 
Bi Che).
d. וְתָפֵר הָאֲבֵיּוֺנָה Ecclesiastes 12:5 is dubious: De Wild and others
fails (to excite [?
וְתֻפַר Hoph. is made ineffectual]); Ew
bursts (Siegf
וְתֻפַר); but caper-berry not dehiscent (Post
Flora of Syr. 106 ff.); M'Lean-Dyer
Ency. Bid. 696.): Post
Letter, July 28, 1901 breaks up (by shrivelling), figurative of failing sexual power; Aq from
פרה bear fruit (compare GFM
JBL x (1891), 60); Perles
Anal. 30 וְתִפְרַח.
Hoph. Imperfect.
1. be frustratred,
3rd person feminine singular וְתֻפָ֑ר Isaiah 8:10 (of
עֵצָה).
Pilp. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix וַיְפַרְפְּרֵנִי Job 16:12 he hath shattered me.
† II. [
פָּרַר]
verb split, divide (so
Psalm 74:13 seems to require [but √
פור SS is possible], compare Arabic
split, tear, rend; perhaps = I.; > Buhl
Lex. shake, quake, citing Arabic
shake Aramaic
אִתְפַּרְפַּר,

, compare Late Hebrew
פִּרְפֵּר); —
Qal Infinitive absolute +
Hithpō`. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular אֶרֶץ הִתְפּוֹרְרָה פּוֹר Isaiah 24:19 split or cracked through is the earth (Che
Heb. Hpt. פרוק התפרקה).
Po`êl Perfect 2nd person masculine singular פּוֹרַרְתָּ Psalm 74:13 thou [
י׳]
didst divide the sea.
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