H6565A

פָּרַר

pa.rarH:V

to break

1) to break, frustrate 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to break, violate 1a2) to frustrate, make ineffectual 1b) (Hophal) 1b1) to be frustrated 1b2) to be broken 1b3) to break 1c) (Pilpel) to break to bits, shatter Also means: pur (פּוּר "to break" H6331)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[פָּרַר] verb Hiph`il break, frustrate (Late Hebrew Pi`el crumble; Jewish-Aramaic פְּרַר; Assyrian parâru, destroy; II. shatter; Lihyanian והפרו destroy, DHM^{Epigr. Denkm., No. 21, 7}); — Perfect 3 masculine singular הֵפֵר Isa 33:8 +, הֵפַ֑ר Gen 17:14; Num 15:31 also metaplastic from הֵפִיר Ezek 17:19; Ps 33:10 (Ges^{«GKC:67v»§ 67v}); 2 masculine singular וְהֵפַרְדָמתּ֫ה 2Sam 15:34, etc., Imperfect 3 masculine singular יָפֵר Num 30:13 +, וַיָּפֶר Neh 4:9, etc.; also 1 singular אָפִיר Ps 89:34 (Ges^i.c.); Imperative masculine singular הָפֵר 2Chr 16:3; Ps 85:5, הָפֵרָה 1Kgs 15:19 Infinitive absolute הָפֵר Prov 15:22 +; construct לְהָפֵר 2Sam 17:14 +, לְהָפֵיר Zech 11:10, suffix לְהַפְרְכֶם Lev 26:15 (Ges^{«GKC:67dd»§ 67dd}); Participle מֵפֵר Isa 44:25; Job 5:12 —

1. break, violate, especially with accusative בְּרִית:
a. of ׳י Judg 2:1; Jer 14:21; Lev 26:44; Zech 11:10.
b. of men violating covenant with ׳י Jer 11:10; Jer 31:32; Deut 31:16; Deut 31:20; Lev 26:15; Ezek 44:7; Gen 17:14; Isa 24:5 compare Jer 33:20.
c. of men breaking compact, league (with men), Isa 33:8; 1Kgs 15:19 = 2Chr 16:3; Ezek 17:15; Ezek 17:16; Ezek 17:18; Ezek 17:19.
d. of destroying the אַחֲוָה between Judah and Israel Zech 11:14.
e. of breaking ׳י's מִצְוָה Num 15:31; Ezra 9:14, תּוֺרָה Ps 119:126.

2. frustrate, make ineffectual::
a. counsel (עֵצָה) 2Sam 15:34; 2Sam 17:14; Ezra 4:5 ׳י subject Neh 4:9; Ps 33:10 of man frustrating ׳י's counsel Isa 14:27, so, with accusative מִשְׁפָּט Job 40:8 with accusative מַחֲשָׁבוֺת in general, of men Prov 15:22, ׳י subject Job 15:12 so, with accusative אֹתוֺת Isa 44:25.
b. make vow (נֶדֶר) ineffectual, annul it Num 30:9; Num 30:14 (opposed to חֵקִים), v.Num 30:13, also (Imperfect + Infinitive absolute) v.Num 30:13; Num 30:16.
c. of annulling (godly) fear Job 15:4 חַסְדִּי לֹא אָפִיר מֵעִמּוֺ, Ps 89:34 read probably אָסִיר Ol Che Bae and others; הָפֵר כַּעַסְךָ Ps 85:4 (read הָסֵר ᵐ5 Bi Che).
d. וְתָפֵר הָאֲבֵיּוֺנָה Eccl 12:5 is dubious: De Wild and others fails (to excite [? וְתֻפַר Hoph`al 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`al Imperfect

1. be frustratred, 3 feminine singular וְתֻפָ֑ר Isa 8:10 (of עֵצָה).

2. be broken, of covenant, 3 feminine singular תֻּפַר Jer 33:21 וִתֻּפַר Zech 11:11 so Isa 28:18 (read וְתֻפַר for וְכֻפַּר, see ׳כ). Pilpel Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix וַיְפַרְפְּרֵנִי Job 16:12 he hath shattered me.

II. [פָּרַר] verb split, divide (so Ps 74:13 seems to require [but √ פור SS is possible], compare Arabic split, tear, rend; perhaps = I.; > Buhl^Lex. shake, quike, citing Arabic shake Aramaic אִתְפַּרְפַּר, , compare Late Hebrew פִּרְפֵּר); —

Qal Infinitive absolute + Hithpo`el. Perfect 3 feminine singular פּוֺר הִתְפּוֺרְרָה אֶרֶץ Isa 24:19 split or cracked through is the earth (Che^Heb.Hpt. פרוק התפרקה). Po`êl Perfect 2 masculine singular פּוֺרַרְתָּ Ps 74:13 thou [׳י] didst divide the sea.

37 occurrences

Leviticus (2), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (2), Judges (1), II Samuel (2), I Kings (1), II Chronicles (1), Ezra (2), Job (4), Psalms (1), Proverbs (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (5), Ezekiel (5), Zechariah (3)