Midvash

פְּרָזָהpᵉrâzâh

open region, hamlet (Ezekiel 38:11; Zechariah 2:8; Esther 9:19; Esther 9:18; Judges 5:7)

Pronunciation: per-aw-zaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6519

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Esther 9:19 So to this day, rural Jews living in remote villages celebrate an annual festival and holiday on the appointed day in late winter, when they rejoice and send gifts of food to each other.
  • Ezekiel 38:11 You will say, ‘Israel is an unprotected land filled with unwalled villages! I will march against her and destroy these people who live in such confidence!
  • Zechariah 2:4 The other angel said, “Hurry, and say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem will someday be so full of people and livestock that there won’t be room enough for everyone! Many will live outside the city walls.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).