H6566

פָּרַשׂ

pa.ra.sH:V

to spread

1) to spread, spread out, stretch, break in pieces 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to spread out, display 1a2) to spread over 1b) (Niphal) to be scattered, be spread out 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to spread out 1c1) to scatter

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

פָּרַשׂ verb spread out, spread (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic ᵑ7 פְּרַס (rare), Syriac ; compare Assyrian parašu, fly (derived species; properly spread [wings]); see also Nö^{ZA i. 417}); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳פ Lam 1:10 +; 2 masculine singular וּפָרַשְׂתָּ֫ Job 11:13; Ruth 3:9, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִפְרשֹׁ Deut 32:11 +; 3 feminine singular וַתִּפְרשֹׁ 2Sam 17:19, etc.; Participle active פּוֺרֵשׂ Prov 29:5 etc.; passive פָּרֻשׂ Joel 2:2 feminine singular פְּרוּשָׂה Hos 5:1 plural פְּרֻשׂוֺת 1Kgs 8:54 —

1. spread out a garment (שִׂמְלָה) Judg 8:25, + לִפְנֵי person Deut 22:17 — wings Deut 32:11; 1Kgs 6:27 (read כַּנְפֵיהֶם ᵐ5 Sta Kmp Kit Benz), + עַל Jer 49:22 (fig), + אֶל Jer 48:40; 1Kgs 8:7 = 2Chr 5:3 (עַל), + ל Job 39:26, לְמַעְלָה Exod 25:20; Exod 37:9 wings omitted 1Chr 28:18 and perhaps 2Chr 3:13 (strike out כַּנְפֵי Be); of ׳י, עָלָיו אוֺרוֺ ׳פ Job 36:30 spread out writing, לִפְנֵי Pers. 2Kgs 19:14 = Isa 37:14; Ezek 2:10 sail Isa 33:23 fishingnet, מִכְמֶרֶת Isa 19:8 (עַל location); net (רֶשֶׁת) as snare, figurative Hos 5:1 (עַל location), Ps 140:6, לְרַגְלַי Lam 1:13, with עַל person Hos 7:12 (of ׳י, Ezek 12:13 = Ezek 17:20; Ezek 19:8; Ezek 32:3, עַלעְֲָֿמָיו Prov 29:5 כַּפַּיִם ׳פ in prayer, + אַל Exod 9:29; Exod 9:33 (J), 1Kgs 8:38 = 2Chr 6:29; Ezra 9:5; Job 11:13, +, ל Ps 44:21, +, הַשָּׁמַיִם 1Kgs 8:22 = 2Chr 6:13 (הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה), 1Kgs 8:54, no complem. 2Chr 6:12 of almsgiving, כַּפָּהּ פָּֽרְשָׂה לֶעָנִי Prov 31:20 יַד ׳פ, with עַל of thing, Lam 1:10 of enemy's greed (si vera lectio, see Bu); spread out = display וּכְסִיל יִפְרשֹׁ אִוֶּלֶת Prov 13:16.

2. spread covering over 2Sam 17:19 (מָסָךְ + עַלפְּֿנֵי of thing), הַמַּכְבֵּר over (עַל) face of another 2Kgs 8:15, כָּנָף skirt, עַל person Ruth 3:9; Ezek 16:8 (figurative of ׳י); בֶּגֶּד with עַל of thing Num 4:7; Num 4:8 :Num 4:11; Num 4:13 with מִלְמָ֑עְלָה v6; כְּסוּי with עַל of thing vNum 4:14 אֶתהָֿאֹהֶל, with עַלהַֿמִּשְׁכָּן Exod 40:19 שַׁחַר פָּרֻשׂ עַלהֶֿהָרִים Joel 2:2 of ׳י עָנָן ׳פ לְמָסָךְ Ps 105:39. — Mic 3:3; Lam 4:4 see פָּרַס. Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine plural יִכָר֑שׂוּ Ezek 17:21 they shall be scattered לְכָלרֿוּחַ; Ezek 34:12 read probably Participle צאֹן נִפְרָשׂוֺת for שׁוֺת-, Hä Krae; on emendation of context see especially Toy Krae). Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive וּפֵרַשׂ Isa 25:11 etc. Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְפָרֵשׂ v11, 3 feminine singular תְּפָרֵשׂ Jer 4:31 Infinitive cstr פָּרֵשׂ Ps 68:15, suffixפָּרִשְׂכֶם Isa 1:15 —

1. spread out:
a. with accusative כַּפַיִם in prayer Isa 1:15; Jer 4:31 so with יָדַיִם Ps 143:6 (׳אֶליֿ), and of ׳י entreating people Isa 65:2 (אֶל); צִיוֹן בְּיָדֶיהָ ׳פ Lam 1:17.
b. spread out hands as in swimming Isa 25:11, and (יָדַיִם omitted) vIsa 25:11.

2. = scatter, (?) subject ׳י, with accusative of person Zech 2:10 (ᵐ5 We Now קִבַּצְתִּי מִ֖, yet see GASm); Ps 68:15, in doubtful connection.

62 occurrences

Exodus (5), Numbers (6), Deuteronomy (2), Judges (1), Ruth (1), II Samuel (1), I Kings (5), II Kings (2), I Chronicles (1), II Chronicles (5), Ezra (1), Job (3), Psalms (2), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (6), Jeremiah (3), Lamentations (4), Ezekiel (7), Hosea (2), Joel (1), Micah (1)