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פָּרַק pâraq — to break off or crunch

pronounced paw-rak' · Strong's H6561 · 10 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 3 stems: Qal (Pa'al), Pi'el, Hitpa'el

Translated in the KJV as break, deliver, redeem, rend, tear in pieces.

a primitive root; to break off or crunch; figuratively, to deliver.

pâraq in each stem

Qal (Pa'al)

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Participle (active) 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Wayyiqtol 1

וּפָרַקְתָּ֥ Gen 27:40 Sequential perfect (weqatal), 2nd person masculine singular

And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. (KJV)

פֹּ֝רֵ֗ק Ps 7:3 Participle (active), masculine singular

O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; (KJV)

וַיִּפְרְקֵ֥נוּ Ps 136:24 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular

And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever. (KJV)

Pi'el

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Imperative 1Participle (active) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

פָּֽרְקוּ֙ Exod 32:2 Imperative, 2nd person masculine plural

And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. (KJV)

מְפָרֵק֩ 1Kgs 19:11 Participle (active), masculine singular

And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: (KJV)

יְפָרֵֽק Zech 11:16 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. (KJV)

Hitpa'el

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Wayyiqtol 1Imperative 1Perfect (qatal) 1

וַיִּתְפָּֽרְקוּ֙ Exod 32:3 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine plural

And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. (KJV)

הִתְפָּרָ֖קוּ Exod 32:24 Imperative, 2nd person masculine plural

And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. (KJV)

הִתְפָּרְק֧וּ Ezek 19:12 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them. (KJV)

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 ›

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