פרת

Aramaic

Verb

פרת • (transliteration needed)

1. to burst, split

Proper noun

פְּרָת or פְּרַת • (pərāṯ or pəraṯ)

1. Euphrates

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• (פְּרָת) Homophone: פְּרָט (p'rát)

Proper noun

פְּרָת • (p'rát)

1. 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

• פרת on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Etymology 2

Noun

פָּרַת • (parát)

1. Singular construct state form of פָּרָה (pará)‎: cow of