פרה

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pre"

Hebrew

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): [paˈʁa]

Etymology 1

Root
פ־ר־ה‎ (p-r-h)

Compare Phoenician 𐤐𐤓‎ (pr), Aramaic פְּרָא/Syriac ܦ݁ܪܰܐ, Aramaic פּרי/Syriac ܦ݁ܪܝ, Egyptian [[prj#Egyptian|]] (prj, “to come forth”).

Verb

פָּרָה • (pará) (pa'al construction)

1. (poetic, biblical) to bear fruit

   (literally) to bring forth, grow fruit

   (figuratively) to be fruitful, multiply, increase

Conjugation

Conjugation of פָּרָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לִפְרוֹת‎ action noun: — passive participle: —
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		Pronounced פָּרִיתֶם‎ and פָּרִיתֶן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. 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) [pattern: קַטְלָה]

1. cow, heifer
   • 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 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.

Declension

Declension of פָּרָה

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	פָּרָה	first	פָּרָתִי‎		פָּרָתֵנוּ‎
	definite	הַפָּרָה‎	second	פָּרָתְךָ‎	פָּרָתֵךְ‎	פָּרַתְכֶם‎	פָּרַתְכֶן‎
	construct	פָּרַת־‎	third	פָּרָתוֹ‎	פָּרָתָהּ‎	פָּרָתָם‎	פָּרָתָן‎
plural	indefinite	פָּרוֹת‎	first	פרותיי / פָּרוֹתַי‎		פָּרוֹתֵינוּ‎
	definite	הַפָּרוֹת‎	second	פָּרוֹתֶיךָ‎	פרותייך / פָּרוֹתַיִךְ‎	פָּרוֹתֵיכֶם‎	פָּרוֹתֵיכֶן‎
	construct	פָּרוֹת־‎	third	פָּרוֹתָיו‎	פָּרוֹתֶיהָ‎	פָּרוֹתָם‎	פָּרוֹתָן‎

Derived terms

• פָּרַת מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ‎
• פָּרָה פָּרָה‎ (pará pará)

References

• H6510 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible