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Aramaic
Verb
פרת • (transliteration needed)
- to burst, split
Proper noun
פְּרָת or פְּרַת • (pərāṯ or pəraṯ)
- Euphrates
Hebrew
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
פְּרָת • (p'rát)
- Euphrates
Tanach, Deuteronomy 1:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:[…] עַד־הַנָּהָר הַגָּדֹל נְהַר־פְּרָת׃- 'ad-hanahár hagadól n'har-p'rát.
ʿaḏ-hannāhār haggāḏōl nəhar-pərāṯ. - as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
Further reading
Etymology 2
Noun
פָּרַת • (parát)
- singular construct state form of פָּרָה (pará): cow of