פָּרַקpâraq

tear apart, away

Pronunciation: paw-rak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6561

Meanings

Qal: tear away, snatch (Genesis 27:40; Psalms 136:24; Lamentations 5:8)

Pi`el: tear off, rending (Zechariah 11:16; Exodus 32:2; 1 Kings 19:11)

Hithpa`el: tear off, be broken off, for, i.e. from, oneself (Exodus 32:3; Exodus 32:24; Ezekiel 19:12)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 10 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 27:40 You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. But when you decide to break free, you will shake his yoke from your neck.”
  • Exodus 32:2 So Aaron said, “Take the gold rings from the ears of your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
  • Exodus 32:3 All the people took the gold rings from their ears and brought them to Aaron.
  • Exodus 32:24 So I told them, ‘Whoever has gold jewelry, take it off.’ When they brought it to me, I simply threw it into the fire—and out came this calf!”
  • 1 Kings 19:11 “Go out and stand before me on the mountain,” the Lord told him. And as Elijah stood there, the Lord passed by, and a mighty windstorm hit the mountain. It was such a terrible blast that the rocks were torn loose, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.
  • Psalms 7:2 If you don’t, they will maul me like a lion, tearing me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
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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).