Hebrew edit

Root
פ־צ־ר (p-ṣ-r)

Verb edit

הִפְצִיר (hiftsír) third-singular masculine past (hif'il construction)

  1. to request persistently, to implore, to beseech
    • 1897, Reuben Brainin, בן סורר ומורה (ben sorér umoré/á):
      [] אף כי אני ואמו הפצרנו בו, פעמים אין מספר, כי יקח מכספנו ככל הדרוש לו בכל עת ובכל זמן, אבל דא עקא כי לא דרוש לו כלל, []
      [] Although his mother and I implored him, countless times, to take from our money as much as he needs at any occasion and at any time, but the problem is that he does not need [money] at all, []

Synonyms edit

  • (to request persistently): (literary) פָּצַר (patsár)