פרה

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "pre"

Hebrew

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Root
פ־ר־ה (p-r-h)

Compare Arabic بقرة and its root Arabic ب ق ر (b q r), Phoenician 𐤐𐤓 (pr), Aramaic פְּרָא/Classical Syriac ܦ݁ܪܰܐ, Aramaic פּרי/Classical Syriac ܦ݁ܪܝ, Egyptian

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(prj, “to come forth”).

Verb

פָּרָה • (pará) (pa'al construction)

  1. (poetic, biblical) to bear fruit
    (literal) to bring forth, grow fruit
    (figurative) to be fruitful, multiply, increase
Conjugation
Conjugation of פָּרָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
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
notes
  1. Pronounced פָּרִיתֶם and פָּרִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Etymology 2

Root
פ־ר־ר (p-r-r)

Noun

פָּרָה • (pará) f (plural indefinite פָּרוֹת, singular construct פָּרַת־, plural construct פָּרוֹת־, masculine counterpart פַּר)

  1. cow, heifer
    • Tanach, 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 t'mimá 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.
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