פרה

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pre"

Hebrew

Pronunciation

(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /paːˈraː/
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /paˈʁa/

Etymology 1

Root
פ־ר־ה (p-r-h)
4 terms

Compare Phoenician 𐤐𐤓 (pr), Aramaic פְּרָא / Classical Syriac ܦ݁ܪܰܐ (prā, “to be fruitful”) and Egyptian

(prj, “to come forth”).

Verb

פָּרָה • (pará) (pa'al construction)

(poetic, biblical) to bear fruit, be fruitful
(figuratively, biblical) to procreate, multiply, increase

Conjugation

Conjugation of **פָּרָה** (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לִפְרוֹת
		action noun		—
		passive participle		—

finite forms		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

¹ Pronounced פָּרִיתֶם and פָּרִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

H6509 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Klein, Ernest (1987) “פָּרָה”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 523b
Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1216b

Etymology 2

Root
פ־ר־ר (p-r-r)
8 terms

From פַּר (par, “bull, ox”) +‎ ־ָה (-á).

Pronunciation

(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /paːˈra/
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /paˈʁa/

Noun

פָּרָה • (pará) f (plural indefinite פָּרוֹת, singular construct פָּרַת־, plural construct פָּרוֹת־, masculine counterpart פַּר) [pattern: קַטְלָה]

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 khukát hatorá ashér tsivá YHWH lemór: dabér el b'né Yisraél veyik'khú elékha fará 'adumá t'mimá ashér en bah múm ashér lo 'alá 'aléha '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, section 1.2:
  פָּרָה שֶׁיָּלְדָה כְּמִין חֲמוֹר, וַחֲמוֹר שֶׁיָּלְדָה כְּמִין סוּס, פָּטוּר מִן הַבְּכוֹרָה
  pará sheyaldá k'min khamór, vakhamór sheyaldá k'min sús, patúr min hab'khorá.
  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**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
Number:	State:	form	Person:	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 (parát moshé rabénu)

References

H6510 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Klein, Ernest (1987) “פָּרָה”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[3], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 523c
Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[4], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1216b
“פרה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language