פרה
See also: Appendix:Variations of "pre"
Hebrew
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): [paˈʁa]
Etymology 1
| Root |
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| פ־ר־ה (p-r-h) |
Compare Arabic بقرة and its root Arabic ب ق ر (b q r), Phoenician 𐤐𐤓 (pr), Aramaic פְּרָא/Syriac ܦ݁ܪܰܐ, Aramaic פּרי/Syriac ܦ݁ܪܝ, Egyptian
(prj, “to come forth”).
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Verb
פָּרָה • (pará) (pa'al construction)
- (poetic, biblical) to bear fruit
- (literally) to bring forth, grow fruit
- (figuratively) to be fruitful, multiply, increase
Conjugation
Conjugation of פָּרָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
| non-finite forms |
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| finite forms | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
| past | first | פָּרִיתִי | פָּרִינוּ | ||
| second | פָּרִיתָ | פָּרִית | פְּרִיתֶם1 | פְּרִיתֶן1 | |
| third | פָּרָה | פָּרְתָה | פָּרוּ | ||
| present | פּוֹרֶה | פּוֹרָה | פּוֹרִים | פּוֹרוֹת | |
| future | first | אֶפְרֶה | נִפְרֶה | ||
| second | תִּפְרֶה | תִּפְרִי | תִּפְרוּ | תִּפְרֶינָה2 | |
| third | יִפְרֶה | תִּפְרֶה | יִפְרוּ | תִּפְרֶינָה2 | |
| imperative | פְּרֵה | פְּרִי | פְּרוּ | פְּרֶינָה2 | |
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Etymology 2
| Root |
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| פ־ר־ר (p-r-r) |
Noun
פָּרָה • (pará) f (plural indefinite פָּרוֹת, singular construct פָּרַת־, plural construct פָּרוֹת־, masculine counterpart פַּר) [pattern: קַטְלָה]
- cow, heifer
- Numbers 19:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- זֹאת חֻקַּת הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה יְהוָה לֵאמֹר דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִקְחוּ אֵלֶיךָ פָרָה אֲדֻמָּה תְּמִימָה אֲשֶׁר אֵין־בָּהּ מוּם אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָלָה עָלֶיהָ עֹל׃
- Zot ḥuqát ha-toráh ashér tzivá YHWH lemór: dabér el b'néi Yisraél v'yiq'ḥú eilékha fara adumá ashér ein bah mum ashér lo 'aláh 'aleha 'ol.
- This is the statute of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying: Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer, faultless, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke.
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Bechorot 1:2:
- פָּרָה שֶׁיָּלְדָה כְּמִין חֲמוֹר, וַחֲמוֹר שֶׁיָּלְדָה כְּמִין סוּס, פָּטוּר מִן הַבְּכוֹרָה
- Paráh she-yaldáh k-min ḥamór, va-ḥamór she-yaldah k-min sus, patur min ha-b'khorah.
- A cow that births what looks like a donkey, or a donkey that births what looks like a horse, these are exempt from the firstborn offering.
- Numbers 19:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
Declension
Declension of פָּרָה
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | פָּרָה | first | פָּרָתִי | פָּרָתֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַפָּרָה | second | פָּרָתְךָ | פָּרָתֵךְ | פָּרַתְכֶם | פָּרַתְכֶן | |
| construct | פָּרַת־ | third | פָּרָתוֹ | פָּרָתָהּ | פָּרָתָם | פָּרָתָן | |
| plural | indefinite | פָּרוֹת | first | פרותיי / פָּרוֹתַי | פָּרוֹתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַפָּרוֹת | second | פָּרוֹתֶיךָ | פרותייך / פָּרוֹתַיִךְ | פָּרוֹתֵיכֶם | פָּרוֹתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | פָּרוֹת־ | third | פָּרוֹתָיו | פָּרוֹתֶיהָ | פָּרוֹתָם | פָּרוֹתָן | |
Derived terms
- פָּרַת מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ
- פָּרָה פָּרָה (pará pará)
References
- H6510 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible