פָּרַח pârach — to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom
Translated in the KJV as × abroad, × abundantly, blossom, break forth, bud, flourish, make fly, grow, spread, spring.
a primitive root; to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish.
pârach in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 11Participle (active) 7Perfect (qatal) 7Sequential perfect (weqatal) 3Infinitive absolute 2Infinitive construct 1
And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.
And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 4Perfect (qatal) 1
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›