Lexical Summary pur: break, bring to nothing, utterly take Original Word: פוּרTransliteration: pur Phonetic Spelling: (poor) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: break, bring to nothing, utterly take Meaning: break, bring to nothing, utterly take Strong's Concordance break, bring to nothing, utterly take A primitive root; to crush -- break, bring to nought, X utterly take. Brown-Driver-Briggs H6331. pur [מָּרַר] verb Hiph`il break, frustrate (Late Hebrew Pi`el crumble; Jewish-Aramaic מְּרַר; Assyrian parâru, destroy; II. shatter; Lihyanian והפרו destroy, DHMEpigr. Denkm., No. 21, 7); — Perfect3masculine singular הֵפֵר Isaiah 33:8 +, הֵפַ֑ר Genesis 17:14; Numbers 15:31; also metaplastic from הֵפִיר Ezekiel 17:19; Psalm 33:10 (Ges§ 67v); 2 masculine singular וְהֵפַרְדָמתּ֫ה 2 Samuel 15:34, etc., Imperfect3masculine singular יָפֵר Numbers 30:13 +, וַיָּפֶר Nehemiah 4:9, etc.; also 1singular אָפִיר Psalm 89:34 (Gesi.c.); Imperative masculine singular הָפֵר2 Chronicles 16:3; Psalm 85:5, הָפֵרָה 1 Kings 15:19; Infinitive absolute הָפֵר Proverbs 15:22 +; construct לְהָפֵר 2 Samuel 17:14 +, לְהָפֵיר Zechariah 11:10, suffix לְהַפְרְכֶם Leviticus 26:15 (Ges§ 67dd); Participle מֵפֵר Isaiah 44:25; Job 5:12; — 1 break, violate, especially with accusative בְּרִית: a. of ׳י Judges 2:1; Jeremiah 14:21; Leviticus 26:44; Zechariah 11:10. b. of men violating covenant with ׳י Jeremiah 11:10; 31:32; Deuteronomy 31:16, 20; Leviticus 26:15; Ezekiel 44:7; Genesis 17:14; Isaiah 24:5 compare Jeremiah 33:20. c. of men breaking compact, league (with men), Isaiah 33:8; 1 Kings 15:19 2 Chronicles 16:3; Ezekiel 17:15-16, 18, 19. d. of destroying the אַחֲוָה between Judah and Israel Zechariah 11:14. e. of breaking ׳יs מִצְוָה Numbers 15:31; Ezra 9:14, תּוֺרָה Psalm 119:126. 2 frustrate, make ineffectual:: a. counsel (עֵצָה) 2 Samuel 15:34; 17:14; Ezra 4:5; ׳י subject Nehemiah 4:9; Psalm 33:10; of man frustrating ׳יs counsel Isaiah 14:27, so, with accusative מִשְׁמָּט Job 40:8; with accusative מַחֲשָׁבוֺת in General, of men Proverbs 15:22, ׳י subject Job 15:12 so, with accusative אֹתוֺת Isaiah 44:25. b. make vow (נֶדֶר) ineffectual, annul it Numbers 30:9; 30:14 (opposed to חֵקִים), 30:13, also (Imperfect + Infinitive absolute) 30:13, 16. c. of annulling (godly) fear Job 15:4 מֵעִמּוֺ אָפִיר לֹא חַסְדִּי, Psalm 89:34 read probably אָסִיר Ol Che Bae and others; כַּעַסְךָ הָפֵר 85:4 (read ᵐ5 הָסֵר Bi Che). d. הָאֲבֵיּוֺנָה וְתָפֵר Ecclesiastes 12:5 is dubious: De Wild and others fails (to excite [? וְתֻפַר Hoph`al is made ineffectual]); Ew bursts (Siegf וְתֻפַר); but caper-berry not dehiscent (PostFlora of Syr. 106 ff.); M'Lean-DyerEncy. Bid. 696.): PostLetter, July 28, 1901 breaks up (by shrivelling), figurative of failing sexual power; Aq from פרה bear fruit (compare GFMJBL x (1891), 60); PerlesAnal. 30 וְתִפְרַח. Hoph`al Imperfect 1 be frustratred, 3 feminine singular וְתֻפָ֑ר Isaiah 8:10 (of עֵצָה). 2 be broken, of covenant, 3 feminine singular תֻּפַר Jeremiah 33:21; וִתֻּפַר Zechariah 11:11; so Isaiah 28:18 (read וְתֻפַר for וְכֻמַּר, see ׳כ). Pilpel Imperfect3masculine singular suffix וַיְפַרְמְּרֵנִי Job 16:12 he hath shattered me. II. [מָּרַר] verb split, divide (so Psalm 74:13 seems to require [but √ פור SS is possible], compare Arabic split, tear, rend; perhaps = I.; > BuhlLex. shake, quike, citing Arabic shake Aramaic אִתְמַּרְמַּר, , compare Late Hebrew מִּרְמֵּר); — Qal Infinitive absolute + Hithpo`el. Perfect3feminine singular אֶרֶץ הִתְמּוֺרְרָה מּוֺר Isaiah 24:19 split or cracked through is the earth (CheHeb.Hpt. התפרקה פרוק). Po`êl Perfect2masculine singular מּוֺרַרְתָּ Psalm 74:13 thou [׳י] didst divide the sea. III. פרר (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew מָּרָה מַּר = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic young of ewe, cow, or goat; Syriac ewe (compare NöZMG xl (1886), 734), and so Assyrian parru, according to Jen and ZimZA iii. 202). |