פָּרַשׂ pâras — to break apart, disperse, etc
Translated in the KJV as break, chop in pieces, lay open, scatter, spread (abroad, forth, selves, out), stretch (forth.
a primitive root; to break apart, disperse, etc.
pâras in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Wayyiqtol 16Sequential perfect (weqatal) 14Participle (active) 9Imperfect (yiqtol) 8Perfect (qatal) 7Participle (passive) 3
And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord’s.
And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the Lord: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
Pi'el
Perfect (qatal) 4Infinitive construct 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Niph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the Lord have spoken it.
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 ›