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# פָּרַע

Biblical Hebrew

**let go** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

let go [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e2/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פָּרַע²: vb. let go, let alone [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e2/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. let go, let alone (NH id. unbind (hair), uncover; Arabic فَرَغَ be empty, vacant, unoccupied (c. من rei), Syriac ܦܪܰܥ uncover; 𝔗 פְּרַע = NH);— Pf. 3 ms. consec. וּפָרַע Nu 5:18; sf. פְּרָעֹה (Ges§ 7 b, c) Ex 32:25; Impf. 3 ms. יִפְרָ֑ע Lv 21:10, etc.; Imv. ms. sf. פְּרָעֵהוּ Pr 4:15; Inf. cstr. פְּרֹעַ Ju 5:2; Pt. act. פּוֹרֵעַ Pr 13:18; 15:32; pass. פָּרוּעַ Lv 13:45, פָּרֻעַ Ex 32:25;— let go, let loose, people, i.e. remove restraint from them, Ex 32:25(×2) (E); cf. Jb 15:4 CheJQ, July 1897, 577 (תִּפְרָע for תִּגְרַע); unbind head (by removing turban, sign of mourning) Lv 10:6; 21:10 (forbidden to priests); also 13:45 (leper), Nu 5:18 (woman; all c. רֹאשׁ; v. NowArch. ii. 114; \>denom. from פֶּרַע Gerber18 al.). let alone = avoid Pr 4:15; = neglect 1:25; 8:33; 13:18; 15:32; abs. = refrain Ez 24:14.—Ju 5:2 v. I. פֶּרַע. Impf. 3 ms. יִפָּ֫רַע עָ֑ם Pr 29:18 the people is let loose, lacks restraint. Pf. 3 ms. הִפְרִיעַ 2 Ch 28:19; Impf. 2 mpl. תַּפְרִיעוּ Ex 5:4;— cause people to refrain, מִמַּעֲשָׂיו Ex 5:4. shew lack of restraint 2 Ch 28:19.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: acted as leaders (1).

## In the verses

[Judges 5:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.2/#tree)

בִּפְרֹ֤עַ פְּרָעוֹת֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּהִתְנַדֵּ֖ב עָ֑ם בָּרֲכ֖וּ יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* when acted.as.leaders leaders in Israel when volunteers a.people bless Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* When men let grow their hair in Israel, when the people offer themselves willingly, bless ye the LORD.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e2.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e2/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).