פָּרַד pârad — to break through, i.e. spread or separate (oneself)
Translated in the KJV as disperse, divide, be out of joint, part, scatter, separate, sever self, stretch, sunder.
a primitive root; to break through, i.e. spread or separate (oneself).
pârad in each stem
Niph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Perfect (qatal) 3Participle (active) 3Imperative 1Wayyiqtol 1Infinitive construct 1
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Participle (active) 2Perfect (qatal) 1Infinitive construct 1Wayyiqtol 1
And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle.
When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
Hitpa'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Perfect (qatal) 1
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Pu'al
Participle (passive) 1
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (passive) 1
Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
Pi'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
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 ›